Taiwan shares lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 0.38%

Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Electricity and Computers&Peripherals sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.38% to hit a new 1-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Meiloon Industrial Co Ltd (TW:2477), which rose 9.98% or 2.45 points to trade at 27.00 at the close.  Chroma  ATE Inc (TW:2360) added 6.79% or 22.00 points to end at 346.00 and  Global PMX Co Ltd  (TW:4551) was up 6.07% or 7.50 points to 131.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included  Taimide  Tech Inc (TW:3645), which lost 9.96% or 5.20 points to trade at 47.00 in late trade. Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) declined 9.95% or 0.21 points to end at 1.90 and Epileds Technologies Inc (TW:4956) shed 9.94% or 3.10 points to 28.10.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.97% or 0.64 to $66.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.00% or 0.69 to hit $69.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 8.15 to trade at $2,551.25 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was down 0.22% to 32.12, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.09% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.34.