Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Iron & Steel, Glass and Information Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were X-Legend (TW:4994), which rose 9.87% or 5.90 points to trade at 65.70 at the close. Meanwhile, 1St Copper Tec (TW:2009) added 9.81% or 0.67 points to end at 7.50 and Tri Ocean Text (TW:1472) was up 9.66% or 1.15 points to 13.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shunsin Tech Holdings (TW:6451), which fell 9.95% or 10.80 points to trade at 97.70 at the close. Yang Ming Mari (TW:2609) declined 9.93% or 0.68 points to end at 6.17 and Kinko Optical (TW:6209) was down 9.91% or 2.25 points to 20.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 389 to 363 and 118 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yang Ming Mari (TW:2609) fell to all time lows; falling 9.93% or 0.68 to 6.17.
Crude oil for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $44.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.26% or 0.12 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.34% or 4.35 to trade at $1283.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.19% to 31.455, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 97.72.