Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Computers & Peripherals and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW:2540), which rose 10.00% or 2.40 points to trade at 26.40 at the close. Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co Ltd (TW:2421) added 9.94% or 4.20 points to end at 46.45 and Arcadyan Technology Corp (TW:3596) was up 9.91% or 7.30 points to 81.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Darfon Electronics Corp (TW:8163), which lost 9.99% or 7.00 points to trade at 63.10 in late trade. Pan Jit International Inc (TW:2481) declined 9.92% or 5.05 points to end at 45.85 and Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262) shed 9.88% or 2.80 points to 25.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 520 to 287 and 114 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.49% or 0.33 to $66.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.61% or 0.44 to hit $71.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.10 to trade at $1224.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.21% to 30.613, while TWD/CNY fell 0.18% to 0.2181.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.94.