Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Transport and Computers & Peripherals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Universal Textile Co Ltd (TW:1445), which rose 10.00% or 1.55 points to trade at 17.05 at the close. Abonmax Co Ltd (TW:2429) added 9.98% or 2.45 points to end at 27.00 and Kindom Construction Corp (TW:2520) was up 9.94% or 5.30 points to 58.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Favite Inc (TW:3535), which lost 9.92% or 7.50 points to trade at 68.10 in late trade. Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Action Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3024) shed 9.19% or 2.15 points to 21.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.23% or 0.18 to $77.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.19% or 0.15 to hit $79.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 11.40 to trade at $2,491.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.14% to 32.30, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.09% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 102.41.