Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165), which rose 10.00% or 4.60 points to trade at 50.60 at the close. AOPEN Inc (TW:3046) added 9.47% or 0.36 points to end at 4.16 and Paragon Technologies Co Ltd (TW:3518) was up 9.08% or 2.75 points to 33.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CX Technology Corp (TW:2415), which lost 5.95% or 1.95 points to trade at 30.80 in late trade. Lotes Co Ltd (TW:3533) declined 5.94% or 12.00 points to end at 190.00 and Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) shed 5.65% or 2.00 points to 33.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 423 to 343 and 110 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $48.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $53.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.80 to trade at $1330.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.01% to 30.017, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2169.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 91.81.