Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Biotech & Medical Care and Semiconductor sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tai Twun (TW:3432), which rose 9.96% or 1.20 points to trade at 13.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Tainan Cayman (TW:5906) added 9.93% or 0.570 points to end at 6.310 and Honmyue Enter (TW:1474) was up 9.57% or 1.00 points to 11.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were China Tv (TW:9928), which fell 8.65% or 0.45 points to trade at 4.75 at the close. Compucase (TW:3032) declined 5.46% or 2.85 points to end at 49.35 and Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418) was down 5.39% or 0.24 points to 4.21.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 373 to 333 and 140 ended unchanged.
Shares in China Tv (TW:9928) fell to all time lows; down 8.65% or 0.45 to 4.75. Shares in Honmyue Enter (TW:1474) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.57% or 1.00 to 11.45.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.46% or 0.23 to $49.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.37% or 0.19 to hit $51.67 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1268.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.11% to 31.401, while TWD/CNY fell 0.14% to 0.2115.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.25.