Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Iron & Steel and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Candmark (TW:5259), which rose 9.94% or 0.18 points to trade at 1.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Tainergy Tech (TW:4934) added 9.94% or 1.55 points to end at 17.15 and L&K Eng (TW:6139) was up 9.93% or 3.00 points to 33.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dafeng Tv (TW:6184), which fell 6.25% or 2.35 points to trade at 35.25 at the close. Msi (TW:2377) declined 4.63% or 2.50 points to end at 51.50 and Aoc (TW:6289) was down 4.63% or 0.05 points to 1.03.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 450 to 302 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dafeng Tv (TW:6184) fell to 3-years lows; falling 6.25% or 2.35 to 35.25.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.03 to $42.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.14% or 0.06 to hit $44.26 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.75 to trade at $1235.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 32.361, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2010.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.73.