Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 2.98% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Global View (TW:3040), which rose 9.98% or 2.90 points to trade at 31.95 at the close. Super Dragon (TW:9955) added 9.76% or 1.60 points to end at 18.00 and X-Legend (TW:4994) was up 5.02% or 3.30 points to 69.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Microelectroni (TW:2314), which lost 9.98% or 2.50 points to trade at 22.55 in late trade. Optimax Technology Corp (TW:3051) declined 9.97% or 0.34 points to end at 3.07 and Nafco (TW:3004) shed 9.96% or 5.40 points to 48.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 805 to 38 and 29 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.25% or 1.01 to $43.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.06% or 0.95 to hit $45.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 3.80% or 48.45 to trade at $1322.95 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.18% to 31.556, while TWD/CNY rose 1.72% to 0.2189.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.49% at 96.42.