Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Electricity and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Transasia (TW:6702), which rose 10.00% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.66 at the close. Hannstar Displ (TW:6116) added 10.00% or 0.740 points to end at 8.140 and Yu Foung Intl (TW:1438) was up 10.00% or 0.380 points to 4.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grape King (TW:1707), which lost 9.98% or 23.00 points to trade at 207.50 in late trade. Choice Develop (TW:9929) declined 7.50% or 0.90 points to end at 11.10 and Copartner (TW:3550) shed 7.42% or 1.15 points to 14.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 527 to 209 and 139 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $53.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.49% or 5.55 to trade at $1144.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.15% to 32.326, while TWD/CNY rose 0.23% to 0.2160.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 102.89.