Taiwan Stock Market Update

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

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

Best Performers

• Oceanic Beverages Co Inc (TW:1213): +10.00% (1.30 points) to trade at 14.30 at close.
• Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:3019): +6.67% (8.00 points) ending at 128.00.
• Alchip Technologies Ltd (TW:3661): +5.65% (155.00 points) to 2,900.00.

Worst Performers

• Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101): -10.00% (2.20 points) to trade at 19.80 at close.
• AzureWave Technologies Inc (TW:3694): -9.93% (5.35 points) ending at 48.55.
• Lead Data Inc (TW:2443): -9.85% (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) reached 5-year highs, up 10.00% (1.30) to 14.30.

Commodities Update

• Crude oil for January delivery: -0.37% (-0.26) to $70.45 a barrel.
• Brent oil for February delivery: +0.23% (+0.17) to $74.08 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures: +0.04% (+0.99) to $2,670.99 a troy ounce.

Currency Update

• USD/TWD: -0.05% to 32.48.

• TWD/CNY: Unchanged at 0.22.

• US Dollar Index Futures: +0.05% at 106.61.