Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 1.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were FarGlory Hotel Co Ltd (TW:2712), which rose 8.59% or 3.40 points to trade at 43.00 at the close. Feng Tay Enterprises Co Ltd (TW:9910) added 6.84% or 12.00 points to end at 187.50 and Jourdeness Group Ltd (TW:4190) was up 6.79% or 7.50 points to 118.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which lost 6.00% or 3.90 points to trade at 61.10 in late trade. Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) declined 5.96% or 0.95 points to end at 15.00 and Formosa Petrochemical Corp (TW:6505) shed 5.50% or 6.00 points to 103.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 527 to 279 and 105 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.10% or 0.96 to $44.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.81% or 0.98 to hit $53.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 7.65 to trade at $1288.95 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.70% to 30.763, while TWD/CNY fell 1.11% to 0.2228.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 95.422.