Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Trading & Consumer Goods and Electronic Parts/Components sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Infodisc Tech (TW:2491), which rose 9.93% or 0.71 points to trade at 7.86 at the close. Alpha Networks (TW:3380) added 9.93% or 2.10 points to end at 23.25 and Inventec Besta (TW:8201) was up 9.91% or 1.05 points to 11.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Right Way Ind (TW:1506), which lost 5.01% or 1.00 points to trade at 18.95 in late trade. Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) declined 4.89% or 0.75 points to end at 14.60 and Hong Ho Precis (TW:1446) shed 4.78% or 1.05 points to 20.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 513 to 264 and 100 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $48.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $51.34 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1201.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.04% to 30.948, while TWD/CNY rose 0.04% to 0.2232.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 101.40.