Taiwan stocks inched up on Tuesday to post a nine-session winning streak, paced by gains in smartphone HTC and Apple Inc suppliers. The main TAIEX index was up 0.01 percent or 1.07 points at 7,600.98, reaching an eight-week closing high for the third time this week. HTC advanced 4.5 percent, while Largan Precision and Genius both gained more than 1 percent. The Taiwan dollar climbed T$0.051 to stand at T$29.070 in early afternoon trading.

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