Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Glass and Other Electronic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444), which rose 9.90% or 3.00 points to trade at 33.30 at the close. VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388) added 9.85% or 1.00 points to end at 11.15 and Logah Technology Corp (TW:3593) was up 9.84% or 1.50 points to 16.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which lost 8.34% or 35.50 points to trade at 390.00 in late trade. Grand Pacific Petrochemical Corp (TW:1312) declined 7.32% or 1.90 points to end at 24.05 and Calin Technology Co Ltd (TW:4976) shed 6.31% or 2.95 points to 43.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 547 to 237 and 89 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.80% or 0.40 to $50.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.44% or 0.24 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.11 to trade at $1316.71 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.02% to 30.123, while TWD/CNY fell 0.18% to 0.2181.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 91.54.