Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electronic Parts/Components, Plastic and Cement sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.69% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Min Aik Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:4545), which rose 9.99% or 4.30 points to trade at 47.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Aopen (TW:3046) added 9.96% or 0.47 points to end at 5.19 and San Chih (TW:3579) was up 9.83% or 1.15 points to 12.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Transasia (TW:6702), which fell 8.82% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.62 at the close. Lung Hwa Eltrs (TW:2424) declined 4.94% or 1.15 points to end at 22.15 and Li Cheng (TW:4426) was down 4.61% or 4.50 points to 93.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 428 to 321 and 127 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $52.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.29% or 0.16 to hit $55.26 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.55 to trade at $1199.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.74% to 31.695, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2187.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 101.29.