Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels, Other and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Gourmet Master Co Ltd (TW:2723), which rose 10.00% or 22.00 points to trade at 242.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CSBC Corp Taiwan (TW:2208) added 9.99% or 3.40 points to end at 37.45 and Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp (TW:6278) was up 9.96% or 3.55 points to 39.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airtac International Group (TW:1590), which fell 9.90% or 34.00 points to trade at 309.50 at the close. Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) declined 6.30% or 3.30 points to end at 49.10 and Maxigen Biotech Inc (TW:1783) was down 6.27% or 1.90 points to 28.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 438 to 343 and 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp (TW:6278) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 9.96% or 3.55 to 39.20.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.39% or 0.28 to $72.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.47% or 0.38 to hit $80.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1204.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.13% to 30.672, while TWD/CNY rose 0.22% to 0.2238.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.81.