Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Auto and Electronic Products Distribution sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.58% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Ace Pillar (TW:8374), which rose 9.85% or 1.60 points to trade at 17.85 at the close. Pao Lung (TW:1906) added 9.84% or 1.25 points to end at 13.95 and Taisol (TW:3338) was up 8.76% or 2.85 points to 35.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumagh High-Te (TW:1475), which lost 5.62% or 0.54 points to trade at 9.06 in late trade. Iron Force (TW:2228) declined 4.44% or 10.50 points to end at 226.00 and Action Eltr (TW:3024) shed 3.75% or 0.240 points to 6.160.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 456 to 261 and 129 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.64% or 0.31 to $48.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $50.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1312.65 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.14% to 31.378, while TWD/CNY fell 0.24% to 0.2119.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 95.97.