Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Glass, Hotels and Computers & Peripherals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.04% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Taimide (TW:3645), which rose 9.95% or 2.90 points to trade at 32.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Ace Pillar (TW:8374) added 9.92% or 1.25 points to end at 13.85 and Hannstar Touch (TW:3049) was up 9.89% or 0.71 points to 7.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candmark (TW:5259), which fell 8.64% or 0.19 points to trade at 2.01 at the close. Ritek (TW:2349) declined 5.05% or 0.240 points to end at 4.510 and Pihsiang (TW:1729) was down 3.52% or 2.50 points to 68.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 456 to 265 and 129 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.89% or 0.86 to $46.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.65% or 0.79 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.45 to trade at $1351.65 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.17% to 31.294, while TWD/CNY rose 0.19% to 0.2136.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 94.86.