Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Iron & Steel, Construction and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.79% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jui Li (TW:1512), which rose 10.00% or 0.50 points to trade at 5.50 at the close. Chung Hung Ste (TW:2014) added 9.98% or 0.60 points to end at 6.61 and Macronix (TW:2337) was up 9.87% or 0.38 points to 4.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoko Tech (TW:6131), which lost 9.88% or 1.20 points to trade at 10.95 in late trade. Giantplus (TW:8105) declined 5.83% or 1.20 points to end at 19.40 and Hiroca Holding (TW:1338) shed 5.56% or 7.50 points to 127.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 437 to 334 and 78 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.12% or 0.04 to $34.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.43% or 0.16 to hit $36.77 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1242.70 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.28% to 32.947, while TWD/CNY fell 0.20% to 0.1976.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 98.33.