Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Electronic Parts/Components and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.27% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Darfon Electronics Corp (TW:8163), which rose 9.95% or 3.15 points to trade at 34.80 at the close. Thunder Tiger Corp (TW:8033) added 9.80% or 1.25 points to end at 14.00 and Shuttle Inc (TW:2405) was up 9.80% or 1.95 points to 21.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiwan Paiho Ltd (TW:9938), which lost 10.00% or 12.50 points to trade at 112.50 in late trade. Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) declined 9.96% or 3.65 points to end at 33.00 and Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424) shed 9.92% or 3.70 points to 33.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 500 to 265 and 125 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.34% or 0.22 to $64.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.37% or 0.26 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.30 to trade at $1341.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 29.541, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2179.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.20.