Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Electricity and Glass sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.14% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Global Lightin (TW:4935), which rose 9.88% or 6.00 points to trade at 66.70 at the close. Kao Hsing Chan (TW:2008) added 9.87% or 1.10 points to end at 12.25 and Shunsin Tech Holdings (TW:6451) was up 9.60% or 9.20 points to 105.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transasia (TW:6702), which lost 9.78% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.03 in late trade. Hannstar Board (TW:5469) declined 5.49% or 1.15 points to end at 19.80 and Enlight Corp (TW:2438) shed 5.17% or 0.60 points to 11.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 467 to 281 and 125 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.53% or 0.27 to $50.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1169.25 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.07% to 31.921, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2152.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 100.59.