Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Electricity, Semiconductor and Electronic Parts/Components sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Epileds Technologies Inc (TW:4956), which rose 9.98% or 2.00 points to trade at 22.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Sintronic Technology Inc (TW:3536) added 9.92% or 1.20 points to end at 13.30 and Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026) was up 9.90% or 14.50 points to 161.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which fell 9.95% or 5.90 points to trade at 53.40 at the close. Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262) declined 9.93% or 3.75 points to end at 34.00 and Swancor Holding Co Ltd (TW:3708) was down 9.80% or 12.00 points to 110.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 454 to 329 and 125 ended unchanged.
Shares in Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262) fell to all time lows; losing 9.93% or 3.75 to 34.00. Shares in Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026) rose to all time highs; rising 9.90% or 14.50 to 161.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $73.59 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1312.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.14% to 29.725, while TWD/CNY fell 0.19% to 0.2136.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.38.