Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Glass, Optoelectronic and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Merry Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2439), which rose 9.97% or 19.00 points to trade at 209.50 at the close. Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co Ltd (TW:2421) added 9.94% or 4.05 points to end at 44.80 and Ta Liang Technology Co Ltd (TW:3167) was up 9.90% or 3.90 points to 43.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which lost 5.39% or 19.50 points to trade at 342.00 in late trade. Bionime Corp (TW:4737) declined 4.00% or 2.70 points to end at 64.80 and Giant Manufacturing Co Ltd (TW:9921) shed 3.43% or 5.50 points to 155.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 403 to 353 and 122 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.39% or 0.18 to $46.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.34 to trade at $1239.56 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.10% to 30.395, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.56.