Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Glass, Electronic Parts/Components and Computers & Peripherals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Infodisc Technology Co Ltd (TW:2491), which rose 9.96% or 0.71 points to trade at 7.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Young Optics Inc (TW:3504) added 9.95% or 10.00 points to end at 110.50 and Episil-Precision Inc (TW:3016) was up 9.92% or 6.50 points to 72.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yuan Jen Enterprises Co Ltd (TW:1725), which fell 9.14% or 1.85 points to trade at 18.40 at the close. Edimax Technology Co Ltd (TW:3047) declined 7.59% or 0.77 points to end at 9.38 and Taiwan Mobile Co Ltd (TW:3045) was down 4.93% or 5.50 points to 106.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 529 to 288 and 99 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.69% or 0.51 to $74.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.69% or 0.54 to hit $78.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1257.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.23% to 30.392, while TWD/CNY fell 0.14% to 0.2173.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.88.