Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hota Industrial Mfg. Co Ltd (TW:1536), which rose 9.93% or 6.00 points to trade at 66.40 at the close. Tri Ocean Textile Co Ltd (TW:1472) added 9.92% or 6.00 points to end at 66.50 and Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) was up 9.90% or 1.50 points to 16.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which lost 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 in late trade. Trk Corp (TW:1432) declined 6.76% or 1.45 points to end at 20.00 and Jentech Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3653) shed 6.33% or 95.00 points to 1,405.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $68.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $72.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 21.30 to trade at $2,667.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.19% to 32.56, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.18% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.85.