Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Electronic Products Distribution and Other Electronic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aurotek (TW:6215), which rose 9.80% or 1.20 points to trade at 13.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Aver (TW:3669) added 9.78% or 1.80 points to end at 20.20 and China Tv (TW:9928) was up 8.00% or 0.44 points to 5.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Macronix (TW:2337), which fell 10.00% or 0.260 points to trade at 2.340 at the close. Inotera Memo (TW:3474) declined 10.00% or 2.65 points to end at 23.85 and Candmark (TW:5259) was down 9.56% or 0.13 points to 1.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 501 to 241 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Macronix (TW:2337) fell to all time lows; down 10.00% or 0.260 to 2.340. Shares in Candmark (TW:5259) fell to all time lows; down 9.56% or 0.13 to 1.23.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.90% or 0.44 to $48.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.79% or 0.40 to hit $49.95 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.41% or 5.25 to trade at $1281.65 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.14% to 32.382, while TWD/CNY fell 0.10% to 0.2035.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 94.56.