Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Textile, Electricity and Semiconductor sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chang Ho (TW:1468), which rose 10.00% or 1.10 points to trade at 12.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418) added 9.74% or 0.42 points to end at 4.73 and Cx Tech (TW:2415) was up 7.96% or 1.60 points to 21.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yu Foung Intl (TW:1438), which fell 7.27% or 0.330 points to trade at 4.210 at the close. Tainan Cayman (TW:5906) declined 5.51% or 0.350 points to end at 6.000 and Jenn Feng (TW:1538) was down 5.08% or 0.35 points to 6.54.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 450 to 288 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chang Ho (TW:1468) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.00% or 1.10 to 12.10. Shares in Cx Tech (TW:2415) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.96% or 1.60 to 21.70.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.01% or 0.46 to $45.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.94% or 0.44 to hit $47.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.42% or 5.65 to trade at $1337.05 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.17% to 31.372, while TWD/CNY rose 0.28% to 0.2138.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 95.22.