Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Iron & Steel, Computers & Peripherals and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.18% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Maxtek Tech (TW:3315), which rose 10.00% or 1.70 points to trade at 18.70 at the close. Tung Ho (TW:1414) added 9.85% or 0.59 points to end at 6.58 and Tainan Spinnin (TW:1440) was up 9.80% or 1.20 points to 13.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sintronic Tech (TW:3536), which lost 9.74% or 1.50 points to trade at 13.90 in late trade. Aoc (TW:6289) declined 6.25% or 0.080 points to end at 1.200 and Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418) shed 6.09% or 0.28 points to 4.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 507 to 248 and 97 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.05% or 0.49 to $46.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.22% or 0.59 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.48% or 6.45 to trade at $1341.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.11% to 32.177, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2075.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.42.