Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electronic Parts/Components, Machinery and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 20.00 points to trade at 220.00 at the close. Yageo Corp (TW:2327) added 9.98% or 31.50 points to end at 347.00 and Optimax Technology Corp (TW:3051) was up 9.96% or 0.28 points to 3.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharmally International Holding Co Ltd (TW:6452), which lost 9.89% or 23.00 points to trade at 209.50 in late trade. Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) declined 4.17% or 1.35 points to end at 31.00 and FarGlory Hotel Co Ltd (TW:2712) shed 4.00% or 1.40 points to 33.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 643 to 195 and 63 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.49% or 0.32 to $64.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.51% or 0.38 to hit $74.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 8.10 to trade at $1223.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.12% to 30.907, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2251.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.63.