Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Optoelectronic and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Shunsin Technology Holdings Ltd (TW:6451), which rose 10.00% or 15.00 points to trade at 165.00 at the close. Ace Pillar Co Ltd (TW:8374) added 9.95% or 2.85 points to end at 31.50 and Long Chen Paper Co Ltd (TW:1909) was up 9.92% or 3.20 points to 35.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which lost 9.95% or 9.20 points to trade at 83.30 in late trade. SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786) declined 9.95% or 9.50 points to end at 86.00 and Coland Holdings Ltd (TW:4144) shed 9.92% or 5.10 points to 46.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 454 to 366 and 96 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.36% or 0.86 to $64.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.33% or 0.91 to hit $69.56 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.50 to trade at $1336.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.19% to 29.198, while TWD/CNY fell 0.23% to 0.2160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 89.57.