Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Cement, Cement & Glass and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.37% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Li Peng Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1447), which rose 10.00% or 0.80 points to trade at 8.80 at the close. Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262) added 9.96% or 2.70 points to end at 29.80 and Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) was up 9.94% or 1.80 points to 19.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Young Optics Inc (TW:3504), which lost 9.89% or 13.50 points to trade at 123.00 in late trade. CSBC Corp Taiwan (TW:2208) declined 5.96% or 2.45 points to end at 38.65 and Ruentex Materials Co Ltd (TW:8463) shed 5.04% or 1.50 points to 28.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 513 to 285 and 121 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.54% or 0.37 to $68.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $74.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.60 to trade at $1220.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.15% to 30.629, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2216.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.44.