Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electricity, Iron & Steel and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 2.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Enterex International Ltd (TW:1592), which rose 10.00% or 3.90 points to trade at 42.90 at the close. X-Legend (TW:4994) added 10.00% or 6.90 points to end at 75.90 and Phytohealth (TW:4108) was up 10.00% or 2.60 points to 28.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ygg (TW:1589), which lost 6.47% or 7.50 points to trade at 108.50 in late trade. Super Dragon (TW:9955) declined 5.28% or 0.95 points to end at 17.05 and Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) shed 2.93% or 0.50 points to 16.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 814 to 34 and 22 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.35% or 0.16 to $45.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.78% or 0.36 to hit $46.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.09% or 13.85 to trade at $1287.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.45% to 31.593, while TWD/CNY rose 0.47% to 0.2126.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 98.45.