Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction, Electricity and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were I-Hwa Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1456), which rose 10.00% or 1.15 points to trade at 12.65 at the close. Lung Hwa Eltrs (TW:2424) added 10.00% or 3.00 points to end at 33.00 and Champion (TW:1806) was up 10.00% or 0.79 points to 8.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hiwin (TW:2049), which lost 7.33% or 15.00 points to trade at 189.50 in late trade. Zhen Ding (TW:4958) declined 5.32% or 4.10 points to end at 73.00 and Falcon Power Co Ltd (TW:1516) shed 5.00% or 1.10 points to 20.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 426 to 332 and 121 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.62% or 0.30 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.59% or 0.30 to hit $50.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.35 to trade at $1247.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.04% to 30.481, while TWD/CNY rose 0.04% to 0.2261.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 99.48.