Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Semiconductor and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Merry Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2439), which rose 10.00% or 14.50 points to trade at 159.50 at the close. Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc (TW:3437) added 9.09% or 2.00 points to end at 24.00 and Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) was up 8.80% or 2.85 points to 35.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475), which lost 6.52% or 0.90 points to trade at 12.90 in late trade. Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) declined 6.28% or 0.75 points to end at 11.20 and Tah Tong Textile Co Ltd (TW:1441) shed 4.07% or 0.55 points to 12.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 500 to 303 and 115 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.26% or 0.18 to $68.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.22% or 0.17 to hit $76.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1216.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.12% to 30.718, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2229.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.78.