Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Semiconductor, Cement and Other Electronic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 1.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tidehold Devl (TW:9902), which rose 9.91% or 0.92 points to trade at 10.20 at the close. Precision (TW:3016) added 9.88% or 1.60 points to end at 17.80 and Hiwin (TW:2049) was up 9.73% or 12.50 points to 141.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transasia (TW:6702), which lost 9.85% or 0.20 points to trade at 1.83 in late trade. Hannstar Board (TW:5469) declined 6.82% or 1.35 points to end at 18.45 and Genius (TW:3406) shed 5.60% or 5.40 points to 91.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 494 to 274 and 108 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.10% or 0.05 to $49.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $52.90 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1178.25 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.56% to 31.718, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2172.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 100.14.