Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Other Electronic and Hotels sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 39.00 points to trade at 429.00 at the close. Jih Lin Technology Co Ltd (TW:5285) added 9.97% or 6.40 points to end at 70.60 and SDI Corp (TW:2351) was up 9.94% or 7.20 points to 79.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BizLink Holding Inc (TW:3665), which lost 3.90% or 11.50 points to trade at 283.00 in late trade. Merry Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2439) declined 3.33% or 7.50 points to end at 217.50 and Universal Microelectronics Co Ltd (TW:2413) shed 3.00% or 0.70 points to 22.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 502 to 244 and 126 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $50.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $56.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.23% or 16.25 to trade at $1300.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.28% to 30.207, while TWD/CNY rose 0.19% to 0.2164.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.32.