Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Machinery and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.34% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were GEM Services Inc (TW:6525), which rose 9.96% or 7.50 points to trade at 82.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165) added 9.95% or 3.80 points to end at 42.00 and Advanced Power Electronics Corp (TW:8261) was up 9.88% or 3.40 points to 37.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229), which fell 3.72% or 0.70 points to trade at 18.10 at the close. Ji-Haw Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3011) declined 3.68% or 0.29 points to end at 7.58 and Primax Electronics Ltd (TW:4915) was down 3.46% or 2.80 points to 78.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 491 to 264 and 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in GEM Services Inc (TW:6525) rose to all time highs; up 9.96% or 7.50 to 82.80. Shares in Advanced Power Electronics Corp (TW:8261) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.88% or 3.40 to 37.80.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.24% or 0.13 to $54.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $60.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.18 to trade at $1277.88 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.09% to 30.172, while TWD/CNY fell 0.36% to 0.2199.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.41.