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 added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Kian Shen Corp (TW:1525), which rose 9.99% or 7.80 points to trade at 85.90 at the close. Ritek Corp (TW:2349) added 9.98% or 0.530 points to end at 5.840 and Young Optics Inc (TW:3504) was up 9.97% or 6.10 points to 67.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526), which lost 9.93% or 6.90 points to trade at 62.60 in late trade. LongDa Construction & Development Corp (TW:5519) declined 8.49% or 1.15 points to end at 12.40 and Lemtech Holdings Co Ltd (TW:4912) shed 8.43% or 15.00 points to 163.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 467 to 343 and 101 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.26% or 0.17 to $65.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.41% or 0.29 to hit $70.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1347.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.04% to 29.203, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2158.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.20.