Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plastic, Trading & Consumer Goods and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526), which rose 9.98% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.90 at the close. Taisol Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3338) added 9.93% or 2.05 points to end at 22.70 and Rexon Industrial Corp Ltd (TW:1515) was up 8.47% or 4.50 points to 57.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jean Co Ltd (TW:2442), which lost 10.00% or 1.60 points to trade at 14.40 in late trade. Roo Hsing Co Ltd (TW:4414) declined 9.77% or 1.30 points to end at 12.00 and SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786) shed 7.18% or 5.80 points to 75.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 423 to 354 and 130 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.26% or 0.90 to $72.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.09% or 0.88 to hit $81.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1199.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.37% to 30.566, while TWD/CNY fell 0.45% to 0.2231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 94.16.