Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Trading & Consumer Goods, Machinery and Other sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Logah (TW:3593), which rose 10.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 11.00 at the close. Biostar (TW:2399) added 9.95% or 1.10 points to end at 12.15 and Merry Eltrs (TW:2439) was up 9.90% or 15.00 points to 166.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Green Seal (TW:1262), which lost 8.95% or 14.00 points to trade at 142.50 in late trade. Tah Tong Texti (TW:1441) declined 5.07% or 0.52 points to end at 9.73 and Hanpin (TW:2488) shed 3.95% or 1.90 points to 46.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 523 to 236 and 118 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.20% or 0.10 to $49.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $52.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.05 to trade at $1265.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.35% to 30.036, while TWD/CNY rose 0.13% to 0.2300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 98.75.