Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Electronic Products Distribution and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Elite Advanced Laser Corp (TW:3450), which rose 10.00% or 12.50 points to trade at 137.50 at the close. Uniform Industrial Corp (TW:2482) added 10.00% or 4.00 points to end at 44.00 and AVerMedia Technologies Inc (TW:2417) was up 9.99% or 4.75 points to 52.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which lost 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 in late trade. Getac Technology Corp (TW:3005) declined 7.97% or 10.00 points to end at 115.50 and Primax Electronics Ltd (TW:4915) shed 7.54% or 7.00 points to 85.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.64% or 0.54 to $83.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.58% or 0.51 to hit $86.83 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 4.10 to trade at $2,365.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.19% to 32.55, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.22% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 105.00.