Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Paper & Pulp and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 26.00 points to trade at 286.00 at the close. Chant Sincere (TW:6205) added 9.92% or 3.50 points to end at 38.80 and Chenming Mold (TW:3013) was up 9.90% or 1.95 points to 21.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Leadtek (TW:2465), which lost 9.20% or 0.72 points to trade at 7.11 in late trade. Wus Printed Ci (TW:2316) declined 8.16% or 1.60 points to end at 18.00 and Quanta (TW:2382) shed 5.30% or 3.50 points to 62.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 454 to 312 and 112 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.72% or 0.35 to $48.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.60% or 0.31 to hit $51.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.25 to trade at $1249.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.29% to 30.254, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2268.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 99.74.