Taiwan shares higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.75%

Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Semiconductor, Computers&Peripherals and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.75%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which rose 350.24% or 7.39 points to trade at 9.50 at the close. Paiho Shih Holdings Corp (TW:8404) added 10.00% or 2.30 points to end at 25.30 and Les Enphants Co Ltd (TW:2911) was up 9.96% or 0.91 points to 10.05 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which lost 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 in late trade. Sino Horizon Holdings Ltd (TW:2923) declined 7.67% or 3.05 points to end at 36.70 and Creative Sensor Inc (TW:8249) shed 7.54% or 4.60 points to 56.40.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.34% or 0.94 to $71.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.19% or 0.88 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 3.95 to trade at $2,673.65 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.39% to 32.08, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.27% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.62.