Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plastic, Semiconductor and Chemical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were CMC Magnetics Corp (TW:2323), which rose 10.00% or 0.620 points to trade at 6.820 at the close. Unimicron Technology Corp (TW:3037) added 10.00% or 1.70 points to end at 18.70 and Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) was up 9.91% or 3.15 points to 34.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hotel Holiday Garden (TW:2702), which lost 9.92% or 1.95 points to trade at 17.70 in late trade. Taiwan Mask Corp (TW:2338) declined 9.61% or 2.10 points to end at 19.75 and Silergy Corp (TW:6415) shed 9.57% or 45.00 points to 425.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 430 to 366 and 108 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $56.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.70 to trade at $1212.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.03% to 30.868, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2254.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.70.