Taiwan shares edge up ahead of futures settlement

Shares in Taiwan came off earlier highs to close slightly higher Tuesday amid caution ahead of the settlement of August futures contracts slated for Wednesday at a time when foreign institutional investors still held more short position contracts than long position ones in the futures market, dealers said.

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