Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.34%

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

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chia Her Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1449 ), which rose 10.00% or 2.65 points to trade at 29.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Shunsin Technology Holdings Ltd (TW:6451 ) added 9.94% or 24.50 points to end at 271.00 and China Container Terminal Corp (TW:2613 ) was up 9.94% or 3.20 points to 35.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101 ), which fell 9.98% or 2.90 points to trade at 26.15 at the close. Lead Data Inc (TW:2443 ) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Young Fast Optoelectronics Co Ltd (TW:3622 ) was down 9.59% or 6.80 points to 64.10.

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

Shares in Chia Her Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1449 ) rose to 3-years highs; up 10.00% or 2.65 to 29.15.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.63% or 0.43 to $67.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.58% or 0.42 to hit $71.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 3.89 to trade at $2,689.69 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was unchanged 0.01% to 32.43, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.27% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 105.75.

Source: Investing.com