Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted unchanged 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tycoons (TW:2022), which rose 10.00% or 0.600 points to trade at 6.600 at the close. Jui Li (TW:1512) added 10.00% or 0.62 points to end at 6.82 and Walsin Tech (TW:2492) was up 9.98% or 4.30 points to 47.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shuttle (TW:2405), which lost 10.00% or 1.05 points to trade at 9.45 in late trade. Genius (TW:3406) declined 9.78% or 20.00 points to end at 184.50 and Everspring Ind (TW:2390) shed 9.36% or 1.60 points to 15.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 431 to 345 and 100 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.11% or 0.06 to $53.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $56.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.05 to trade at $1243.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.42% to 30.783, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2239.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 101.59.