Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Electronics sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chlitina Holding Ltd (TW:4137), which rose 10.00% or 18.00 points to trade at 198.00 at the close. Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) added 9.92% or 4.80 points to end at 53.20 and Jourdeness Group Ltd (TW:4190) was up 9.88% or 6.40 points to 71.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BizLink Holding Inc (TW:3665), which lost 6.52% or 18.00 points to trade at 258.00 in late trade. Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) declined 6.06% or 2.40 points to end at 37.20 and Headway Advanced Materials Inc (TW:1776) shed 5.93% or 1.35 points to 21.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 548 to 254 and 110 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.89% or 0.58 to $64.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.86% or 0.60 to hit $68.86 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.90 to trade at $1340.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.11% to 29.163, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2153.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.08.