Agence France-Presse
2009-10-16 12:00 AM
Taiwan share prices closed 0.19 percent higher Thursday as profit-taking offset early gains, dealers said. The weighted index rose 14.65 points to 7,710.40 on turnover of NT$164.56 billion (US$5.11 billion).
A total of 29 shares surged to their daily 7.0 percent limit, against 12 limit-down. But losers outnumbered gainers 1,554 to 1,123, while 226 shares remained unchanged.
The market rose to the day’s high of 7,780.66 at the opening boosted by a powerful rally on Wall Street overnight which lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its first close above 10,000 in over a year. more …
