Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Services, Electronic Parts/Components and Other Electronic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.30% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Microtek International Inc (TW:2305), which rose 10.00% or 0.81 points to trade at 8.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Epileds Technologies Inc (TW:4956) added 9.98% or 2.30 points to end at 25.35 and Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) was up 9.98% or 2.20 points to 24.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoko International Corp (TW:6131), which fell 4.53% or 1.10 points to trade at 23.20 at the close. SDI Corp (TW:2351) declined 4.08% or 3.80 points to end at 89.30 and Optimax Technology Corp (TW:3051) was down 4.05% or 0.25 points to 5.93.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 438 to 333 and 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Epileds Technologies Inc (TW:4956) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.98% or 2.30 to 25.35. Shares in Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.98% or 2.20 to 24.25.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.12% or 0.07 to $57.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $63.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.96 to trade at $1290.24 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.07% to 29.977, while TWD/CNY fell 0.14% to 0.2215.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.12.