Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Textile and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tatung Co Ltd (TW:2371), which rose 9.79% or 0.95 points to trade at 10.65 at the close. Plotech (TW:6141) added 9.72% or 1.05 points to end at 11.85 and Mercuries Data (TW:2427) was up 7.92% or 0.58 points to 7.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tonlin Dept (TW:2910), which lost 9.24% or 3.05 points to trade at 29.95 in late trade. Falcon Power Co Ltd (TW:1516) declined 4.74% or 0.95 points to end at 19.10 and Coaster International Co Ltd (TW:2936) shed 4.16% or 2.05 points to 47.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 421 to 336 and 116 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $51.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $54.94 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.45 to trade at $1187.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.62% to 31.903, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2176.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 101.69.