Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Electricity and Hotels sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Min Aik Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:4545), which rose 9.91% or 4.05 points to trade at 44.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitech Printed Circuit Board Corp (TW:2367) added 9.86% or 2.05 points to end at 22.85 and Formosa Sumco Technology Corp (TW:3532) was up 9.73% or 11.00 points to 124.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425), which fell 9.88% or 2.90 points to trade at 26.45 at the close. Coland Holdings Ltd (TW:4144) declined 9.78% or 4.50 points to end at 41.50 and Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) was down 7.14% or 2.00 points to 26.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 461 to 343 and 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.14% or 2.00 to 26.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.19% or 0.13 to $66.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $71.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1340.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.06% to 29.319, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2144.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.51.