Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Textile and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.94% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tri Ocean Text (TW:1472), which rose 9.95% or 0.95 points to trade at 10.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tainan Cayman (TW:5906) added 9.94% or 0.620 points to end at 6.860 and Largan Precisi (TW:3008) was up 9.94% or 310.00 points to 3430.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Crowell (TW:2528), which fell 4.96% or 0.35 points to trade at 6.71 at the close. China Metal (TW:1532) declined 4.95% or 1.75 points to end at 33.60 and Mercuries Data (TW:2427) was down 4.71% or 0.35 points to 7.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 485 to 267 and 99 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.05% or 0.48 to $45.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.12% or 0.53 to hit $46.84 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1332.05 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.40% to 31.938, while TWD/CNY rose 0.10% to 0.2095.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.08.