Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Biotech & Medical Care sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Fulgent Sun International Holding Co Ltd (TW:9802), which rose 10.00% or 5.10 points to trade at 56.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) added 9.98% or 3.15 points to end at 34.70 and Arcadyan Technology Corp (TW:3596) was up 9.97% or 7.90 points to 87.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475), which fell 10.00% or 1.20 points to trade at 10.80 at the close. Makalot Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1477) declined 4.66% or 9.00 points to end at 184.00 and I-Hwa Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1456) was down 4.50% or 0.30 points to 6.36.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 404 to 399 and 119 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arcadyan Technology Corp (TW:3596) rose to all time highs; rising 9.97% or 7.90 to 87.10. Shares in I-Hwa Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1456) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.50% or 0.30 to 6.36.
Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $52.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $60.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.45 to trade at $1290.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.04% to 30.838, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2194.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.605.