Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Optoelectronic and Biotech & Medical Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hannstar Displ (TW:6116), which rose 10.00% or 0.30 points to trade at 3.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Phihong (TW:2457) added 10.00% or 0.86 points to end at 9.46 and Microtek Intl (TW:2305) was up 10.00% or 0.70 points to 7.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Silergy (TW:6415), which fell 9.98% or 42.00 points to trade at 379.00 at the close. Crowell (TW:2528) declined 7.22% or 0.60 points to end at 7.71 and Transasia (TW:6702) was down 5.57% or 0.39 points to 6.61.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 585 to 176 and 88 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.40% or 0.67 to $48.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.96% or 0.47 to hit $49.44 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1277.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.29% to 32.606, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.1996.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 94.39.