Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Glass, Optoelectronic and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Bestec Power Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3308), which rose 9.94% or 0.79 points to trade at 8.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) added 9.93% or 0.69 points to end at 7.64 and Rectron Ltd (TW:2302) was up 9.91% or 0.56 points to 6.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Global Unichip Corp (TW:3443), which fell 10.00% or 20.00 points to trade at 180.00 at the close. ASRock Inc (TW:3515) declined 9.95% or 7.90 points to end at 71.50 and Biostar Microtech International Corp (TW:2399) was down 9.00% or 1.35 points to 13.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 397 to 391 and 83 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.38% or 0.19 to $49.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $55.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.70 to trade at $1335.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.21% to 30.036, while TWD/CNY fell 0.23% to 0.2175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 92.03.