Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.08%

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Semiconductor , Construction and Electronics sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Oceanic Beverages Co Inc (TW:1213 ), which rose 10.00% or 1.30 points to trade at 14.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:3019 ) added 6.67% or 8.00 points to end at 128.00 and Alchip Technologies Ltd (TW:3661 ) was up 5.65% or 155.00 points to 2,900.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101 ), which fell 10.00% or 2.20 points to trade at 19.80 at the close. AzureWave Technologies Inc (TW:3694 ) declined 9.93% or 5.35 points to end at 48.55 and Lead Data Inc (TW:2443 ) was down 9.85% or 0.39 points to 3.57.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Shares in Oceanic Beverages Co Inc (TW:1213 ) rose to 5-year highs; up 10.00% or 1.30 to 14.30.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.37% or 0.26 to $70.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $74.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.99 to trade at $2,670.99 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was down 0.05% to 32.48, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.04% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 106.61.

Source: Investing.com