Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Trading & Consumer Goods, Rubber and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Career Technology MFG Co Ltd (TW:6153), which rose 9.89% or 3.55 points to trade at 39.45 at the close. Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd (TW:2368) added 8.35% or 0.76 points to end at 9.86 and Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) was up 8.28% or 0.24 points to 3.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharmally International Holding Co Ltd (TW:6452), which lost 9.95% or 28.50 points to trade at 258.00 in late trade. ChipMOS Technologies (TW:8150) declined 9.62% or 2.15 points to end at 20.20 and Chilisin Electronics Corp (TW:2456) shed 9.54% or 7.50 points to 71.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 442 to 358 and 107 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $67.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $77.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1228.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.15% to 30.962, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2248.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 96.49.