Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Machinery and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc (TW:3437), which rose 9.99% or 3.80 points to trade at 41.85 at the close. Optimax Technology Corp (TW:3051) added 9.98% or 0.56 points to end at 6.17 and Paragon Technologies Co Ltd (TW:3518) was up 9.97% or 3.55 points to 39.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ruentex Industries Ltd (TW:2915), which lost 4.46% or 2.40 points to trade at 51.40 in late trade. Shinih Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:9944) declined 3.67% or 0.75 points to end at 19.70 and Globe Union Industrial Corp (TW:9934) shed 3.46% or 0.80 points to 22.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 552 to 237 and 89 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $56.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $62.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.50 to trade at $1280.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.17% to 30.042, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2203.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.93.