Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Cement and Cement & Glass sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.72% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Inventec Besta Co Ltd (TW:8201), which rose 10.00% or 1.40 points to trade at 15.40 at the close. Associated Industries China Inc (TW:9912) added 9.97% or 0.77 points to end at 8.49 and JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW:2540) was up 9.85% or 2.55 points to 28.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229), which lost 4.94% or 1.30 points to trade at 25.00 in late trade. Crowell Development Corp (TW:2528) declined 4.51% or 0.60 points to end at 12.70 and First Copper Technology Co Ltd (TW:2009) shed 3.77% or 0.36 points to 9.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 423 to 308 and 148 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.05% or 0.02 to $44.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $46.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 0.97 to trade at $1247.67 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.01% to 30.354, while TWD/CNY rose 0.27% to 0.2242.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.16.