Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Iron & Steel and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.05% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tri Ocean Text (TW:1472), which rose 9.97% or 1.70 points to trade at 18.75 at the close. Cameo (TW:6142) added 9.95% or 0.64 points to end at 7.07 and Pao Lung (TW:1906) was up 9.66% or 1.15 points to 13.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jentech (TW:3653), which lost 6.38% or 4.10 points to trade at 60.20 in late trade. Generalplus (TW:4952) declined 6.35% or 2.85 points to end at 42.00 and Ite (TW:3014) shed 6.16% or 2.10 points to 32.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 518 to 249 and 85 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.91% or 0.39 to $42.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.97% or 0.44 to hit $44.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.45 to trade at $1337.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.22% to 31.439, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2116.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 96.40.