Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Plastic and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 2.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Global Unichip Corp (TW:3443), which rose 10.00% or 27.00 points to trade at 297.00 at the close. Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) added 10.00% or 2.05 points to end at 22.55 and Li Cheng Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:4426) was up 9.99% or 4.35 points to 47.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424), which lost 9.88% or 3.65 points to trade at 33.30 in late trade. Cyberlink Co (TW:5203) declined 3.69% or 2.40 points to end at 62.60 and Chia Ta World Co Ltd (TW:2033) shed 3.01% or 0.55 points to 17.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 849 to 36 and 26 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.95% or 0.59 to $61.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.70% or 0.46 to hit $64.79 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1330.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.08% to 29.222, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2171.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.75.