Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Iron & Steel and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Taiwan Paiho (TW:9938), which rose 9.87% or 11.00 points to trade at 122.50 at the close. Aver (TW:3669) added 9.85% or 1.95 points to end at 21.75 and Pao Lung (TW:1906) was up 9.68% or 1.35 points to 15.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chuwa Wool (TW:1439), which lost 9.93% or 2.20 points to trade at 19.95 in late trade. Tainan Cayman (TW:5906) declined 8.89% or 0.560 points to end at 5.740 and Cvilux (TW:8103) shed 7.72% or 2.25 points to 26.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 399 to 313 and 135 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.03% or 0.50 to $49.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.96% or 0.49 to hit $51.36 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.95 to trade at $1274.65 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.33% to 31.447, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2131.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.07.