Prices higher on Taipei futures market

Prices on Taipei's stock futures market were higher Friday, with the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Index for December advancing 219 points to end at 4,121, with 125,163 contract transactions.
TAIEX Index futures for January gained 196 points to finish at 4,063, with 532 contracts traded, while March futures increased 200 points to close at 4,028, with 64 contracts changing hands.
June futures advanced 201 points to close at 4,015, with 54 contract transactions, while September futures rose 187 points to finish at 3,834, with 30 contract transactions.
Taiwan International Mercantile Exchange reference levels for TAIEX Index futures trading were set Friday at 3,902 for December, 3,867 for January, 3,828 for March, 3,814 for June and 3,647 for September.
The Taiwan stock exchange's benchmark TAIEX index gained 81.17 points to finish at 4,171.1, on turnover of NT$51.85 billion (US$1.55 billion).
Electronics (TE) and financial (TF) futures, which are sub-index futures based on Taiwan Stock Exchange-listed electronics shares and financial stocks, were mostly higher, with TE futures for December and March both surging by the maximum allowable 7 percent.
December TE futures rose 9.95 points to close at 152.35, with 6,211 contracts traded, while January TE futures increased 9.8 points to finish at 150.7, with 98 contract transactions.
March TE futures gained 9.65 points to finish at 147.75, with four contract transactions, while September TE futures rose 1.9 points to end at 132, with four contract transactions. No transactions were recorded for June.
December TF futures gained eight points to finish at 463, with 4,609 contracts changing hands, while January TF futures increased 0.4 points to finish at 456.4, with 71 contracts traded.
March TF futures lost 13 points to end at 447, with two contracts traded, while June TF futures declined 17 points to close at 442, with one contract traded. No transactions were recorded for September.