TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Machinery, Biotech & Medical Care and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Casetek (TW:5264), which rose 10.00% or 12.50 points to trade at 137.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Airtac (TW:1590) added 10.00% or 15.50 points to end at 170.50 and Htc Corp (TW:2498) was up 9.93% or 4.75 points to 52.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Spirox (TW:3055), which fell 4.66% or 0.55 points to trade at 11.25 at the close. Hannstar Displ (TW:6116) declined 4.49% or 0.21 points to end at 4.47 and China Tv (TW:9928) was down 3.64% or 0.36 points to 9.52.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 510 to 331 and 1 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.32% or 1.53 to $44.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.81% or 0.39 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.50 to trade at $1118.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.79% to 32.669, while TWD/CNY rose 0.41% to 0.1952.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 95.85.
