Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Glass, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Darwin Precisions Corp (TW:6120), which rose 10.00% or 3.20 points to trade at 35.20 at the close. Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp (TW:6176) added 9.91% or 6.60 points to end at 73.20 and Uniflex Technology Inc (TW:3321) was up 9.87% or 1.50 points to 16.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accton Technology Corp (TW:2345), which lost 4.33% or 4.50 points to trade at 99.50 in late trade. Promise Technology Inc (TW:3057) declined 4.23% or 0.45 points to end at 10.20 and Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165) shed 3.95% or 1.55 points to 37.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 469 to 294 and 120 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.68% or 0.39 to $57.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.85% or 0.54 to hit $63.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.10 to trade at $1245.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.02% to 30.021, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2201.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.94.