Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Hotels, Financials and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475), which rose 9.93% or 2.10 points to trade at 23.25 at the close. Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Ltd (TW:6271) added 9.87% or 11.50 points to end at 128.00 and Uniflex Technology Inc (TW:3321) was up 9.75% or 1.15 points to 12.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1512), which lost 9.87% or 1.50 points to trade at 13.70 in late trade. Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3296) declined 9.86% or 2.05 points to end at 18.75 and Holiday Entertainment Co Ltd (TW:9943) shed 7.21% or 4.00 points to 51.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 387 to 350 and 143 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.47% or 0.21 to $44.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $47.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.85 to trade at $1251.95 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.12% to 30.393, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2232.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 95.60.