Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Optoelectronic and Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aero Win Tech Corp (TW:8222), which rose 9.88% or 2.40 points to trade at 26.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Genius (TW:3406) added 9.88% or 8.50 points to end at 94.50 and Union Insuranc (TW:2816) was up 9.85% or 1.30 points to 14.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Transasia (TW:6702), which fell 9.95% or 0.42 points to trade at 3.80 at the close. Basso Indu (TW:1527) declined 5.25% or 4.20 points to end at 75.80 and China Air Line (TW:2610) was down 4.68% or 0.48 points to 9.77.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 386 to 358 and 125 ended unchanged.
Shares in Transasia (TW:6702) fell to all time lows; losing 9.95% or 0.42 to 3.80. Shares in Genius (TW:3406) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.88% or 8.50 to 94.50.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.46% or 0.70 to $47.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.55% or 0.76 to hit $48.24 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.80% or 9.55 to trade at $1179.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.06% to 31.904, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2169.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 101.67.