Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Glass, Optoelectronic and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.89% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Acbel (TW:6282), which rose 10.00% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.85 at the close. Coadna (TW:4984) added 10.00% or 4.90 points to end at 53.90 and Chinese Mariti (TW:2612) was up 9.98% or 2.40 points to 26.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Twn Styrene Mo (TW:1310), which lost 4.37% or 0.80 points to trade at 17.50 in late trade. Cyberpower (TW:3617) declined 3.21% or 3.50 points to end at 105.50 and De Licacy Ind (TW:1464) shed 3.18% or 1.25 points to 38.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 568 to 202 and 80 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.01% or 0.34 to $34.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.66% or 0.24 to hit $36.81 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.89% or 11.00 to trade at $1245.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 1.09% to 33.123, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.1965.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 98.16.