Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Textile and Other sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Ching Feng Home Fashions Co Ltd (TW:9935), which rose 9.92% or 0.90 points to trade at 9.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Li Cheng Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:4426) added 9.91% or 7.30 points to end at 81.00 and Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) was up 9.89% or 1.30 points to 14.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ta Jiang Co Ltd (TW:1453), which fell 6.83% or 0.65 points to trade at 8.86 at the close. Long Chen Paper Co Ltd (TW:1909) declined 5.68% or 1.90 points to end at 31.55 and FocalTech Systems Co Ltd (TW:3545) was down 4.87% or 1.75 points to 34.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 382 to 354 and 140 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.48% or 0.22 to $46.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $48.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.48 to trade at $1268.42 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.15% to 30.214, while TWD/CNY fell 0.13% to 0.2243.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.16.