TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Cement and Cement & Glass sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Darfon (TW:8163), which rose 9.97% or 1.75 points to trade at 19.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Neo Solar Powe (TW:3576) added 9.96% or 2.30 points to end at 25.40 and Everlight Chem (TW:1711) was up 9.95% or 2.10 points to 23.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Twinhead Intl (TW:2364), which fell 5.63% or 0.18 points to trade at 3.02 at the close. Aoc (TW:6289) declined 5.17% or 0.06 points to end at 1.10 and Candmark (TW:5259) was down 4.06% or 0.31 points to 7.33.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 668 to 172 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.88% or 0.36 to $42.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.75% or 0.34 to hit $44.88 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.55% or 5.90 to trade at $1071.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.50% to 32.663, while TWD/CNY rose 0.26% to 0.1960.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 100.07.
