Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Trading & Consumer Goods and Electronic Parts/Components sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jentech Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3653), which rose 9.99% or 6.90 points to trade at 76.00 at the close. ALi Corp (TW:3041) added 9.92% or 1.90 points to end at 21.05 and Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) was up 9.88% or 2.95 points to 32.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prince Housing & Development Corp (TW:2511), which lost 8.33% or 1.00 points to trade at 11.00 in late trade. Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165) declined 5.43% or 2.50 points to end at 43.50 and Taiwan Cement Corp (TW:1101) shed 4.03% or 1.45 points to 34.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 391 to 365 and 119 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.45% or 0.21 to $46.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.41% or 0.20 to hit $48.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.93 to trade at $1257.23 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.14% to 30.309, while TWD/CNY rose 0.13% to 0.2229.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 93.67.