Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biotech & Medical Care, Chemical/Bio & Medical care and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.15% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jourdeness Group Ltd (TW:4190), which rose 9.96% or 5.50 points to trade at 60.70 at the close. SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786) added 9.95% or 4.10 points to end at 45.30 and Everlight Chemical Industrial Corp (TW:1711) was up 9.94% or 1.80 points to 19.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ching Feng Home Fashions Co Ltd (TW:9935), which lost 6.58% or 1.95 points to trade at 27.70 in late trade. Ability Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:2374) declined 6.25% or 1.60 points to end at 24.00 and Tri Ocean Textile Co Ltd (TW:1472) shed 5.06% or 0.90 points to 16.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 448 to 303 and 122 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $45.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.53 to trade at $1308.57 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.05% to 30.167, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2176.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.94.