Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Construction and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519), which rose 9.88% or 0.41 points to trade at 4.56 at the close. Fortune Electric Co Ltd (TW:1519) added 7.25% or 1.40 points to end at 20.70 and Tri Ocean Textile Co Ltd (TW:1472) was up 7.14% or 2.10 points to 31.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcadyan Technology Corp (TW:3596), which lost 7.89% or 6.90 points to trade at 80.50 in late trade. Mercuries Data Systems Ltd (TW:2427) declined 7.83% or 0.85 points to end at 10.00 and Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd (TW:2368) shed 5.76% or 0.80 points to 13.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 509 to 290 and 111 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.85% or 0.46 to $53.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.99% or 0.62 to hit $62.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.05 to trade at $1278.55 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.07% to 30.908, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2201.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.067.