Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Biotech & Medical Care sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Candmark (TW:5259), which rose 9.55% or 0.19 points to trade at 2.18 at the close. Lcy Chemical (TW:1704) added 6.72% or 2.40 points to end at 38.10 and Prime Eltrs (TW:6152) was up 5.86% or 0.65 points to 11.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418), which lost 9.36% or 0.45 points to trade at 4.36 in late trade. Phihong (TW:2457) declined 7.08% or 0.80 points to end at 10.50 and Genius (TW:3406) shed 6.88% or 3.70 points to 50.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 470 to 262 and 118 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.32% or 0.58 to $44.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.43% or 0.65 to hit $46.23 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.33% or 4.15 to trade at $1247.55 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.06% to 32.377, while TWD/CNY rose 0.10% to 0.2013.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 94.45.