Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Semiconductor, Cement and Cement & Glass sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475), which rose 9.98% or 2.45 points to trade at 27.00 at the close. Anji Technology Co Ltd (TW:6477) added 9.98% or 2.15 points to end at 23.70 and Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) was up 9.93% or 4.00 points to 44.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Plotech Co Ltd (TW:6141), which lost 6.90% or 2.75 points to trade at 37.10 in late trade. Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) declined 6.60% or 2.85 points to end at 40.30 and Casetek Holdings Ltd (TW:5264) shed 5.92% or 4.50 points to 71.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 574 to 225 and 114 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.41% or 0.28 to $68.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.52% or 0.38 to hit $73.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.50 to trade at $1356.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.14% to 29.339, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2138.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 89.38.