Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Hotels and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aurotek Corp (TW:6215), which rose 10.00% or 1.55 points to trade at 17.05 at the close. Young Optics Inc (TW:3504) added 9.99% or 3.90 points to end at 42.95 and Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) was up 9.96% or 2.70 points to 29.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included G.M.I Technology Inc (TW:3312), which lost 9.98% or 0.65 points to trade at 5.86 in late trade. Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165) declined 9.89% or 2.65 points to end at 24.15 and Favite Inc (TW:3535) shed 7.85% or 0.95 points to 11.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 584 to 197 and 94 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $47.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 9.29 to trade at $1281.11 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.04% to 30.285, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2196.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.56.