Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 1.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sintronic Tech (TW:3536), which rose 10.00% or 0.83 points to trade at 9.13 at the close. Hota Ind (TW:1536) added 10.00% or 14.00 points to end at 154.00 and Microtek Intl (TW:2305) was up 9.97% or 0.64 points to 7.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J Touch (TW:3584), which lost 9.85% or 0.33 points to trade at 3.02 in late trade. Candmark (TW:5259) declined 9.85% or 0.52 points to end at 4.76 and Shuttle (TW:2405) shed 8.06% or 0.85 points to 9.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 539 to 247 and 70 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.45% or 0.88 to $36.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.40% or 0.53 to hit $38.40 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1228.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.29% to 32.466, while TWD/CNY fell 0.20% to 0.1998.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 94.80.