Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plastic, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.00% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Holystone (TW:3026), which rose 10.00% or 3.45 points to trade at 37.95 at the close. Tung Kai Tech (TW:3018) added 10.00% or 2.40 points to end at 26.40 and Av Tech (TW:8072) was up 9.93% or 2.15 points to 23.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apex International Co Ltd (TW:4927), which lost 9.86% or 3.40 points to trade at 31.10 in late trade. Sun Yad Tech (TW:1316) declined 5.90% or 1.60 points to end at 25.50 and Jui Li (TW:1512) shed 4.39% or 0.34 points to 7.41.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 497 to 277 and 105 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.61% or 0.30 to $49.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.66% or 0.34 to hit $52.15 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.18% or 26.20 to trade at $1226.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.44% to 30.634, while TWD/CNY fell 0.22% to 0.2259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.33.