Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Cement and Cement & Glass sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.72% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Inventec Besta Co Ltd (TW:8201), which rose 10.00% or 1.40 points to trade at 15.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Associated Industries China Inc (TW:9912) added 9.97% or 0.77 points to end at 8.49 and JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW:2540) was up 9.85% or 2.55 points to 28.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229), which fell 4.94% or 1.30 points to trade at 25.00 at the close. Crowell Development Corp (TW:2528) declined 4.51% or 0.60 points to end at 12.70 and First Copper Technology Co Ltd (TW:2009) was down 3.77% or 0.36 points to 9.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 423 to 308 and 148 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $44.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $46.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 0.97 to trade at $1247.67 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.01% to 30.354, while TWD/CNY rose 0.27% to 0.2242.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.16.