Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Glass, Electronic Parts/Components and Computers & Peripherals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Infodisc Technology Co Ltd (TW:2491), which rose 9.96% or 0.71 points to trade at 7.84 at the close. Young Optics Inc (TW:3504) added 9.95% or 10.00 points to end at 110.50 and Episil-Precision Inc (TW:3016) was up 9.92% or 6.50 points to 72.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yuan Jen Enterprises Co Ltd (TW:1725), which lost 9.14% or 1.85 points to trade at 18.40 in late trade. Edimax Technology Co Ltd (TW:3047) declined 7.59% or 0.77 points to end at 9.38 and Taiwan Mobile Co Ltd (TW:3045) shed 4.93% or 5.50 points to 106.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 529 to 288 and 99 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.72% or 0.53 to $74.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.69% or 0.54 to hit $78.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1257.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.23% to 30.392, while TWD/CNY fell 0.14% to 0.2173.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.88.