Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Rubber, Semiconductor and Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Candmark (TW:5259), which rose 9.91% or 0.21 points to trade at 2.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Favite (TW:3535) added 9.85% or 1.35 points to end at 15.05 and Aoc (TW:6289) was up 9.82% or 0.110 points to 1.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were China Tv (TW:9928), which fell 6.50% or 0.39 points to trade at 5.61 at the close. Lung Hwa Eltrs (TW:2424) declined 4.32% or 1.15 points to end at 25.45 and Choice Develop (TW:9929) was down 3.64% or 0.40 points to 10.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 513 to 214 and 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Choice Develop (TW:9929) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.64% or 0.40 to 10.60.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.74% or 0.37 to $49.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.68% or 0.35 to hit $50.97 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.63% or 8.40 to trade at $1318.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.20% to 32.275, while TWD/CNY fell 0.10% to 0.2058.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 95.80.