Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plastic, Semiconductor and Chemical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were CMC Magnetics Corp (TW:2323), which rose 10.00% or 0.620 points to trade at 6.820 at the close. Meanwhile, Unimicron Technology Corp (TW:3037) added 10.00% or 1.70 points to end at 18.70 and Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) was up 9.91% or 3.15 points to 34.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hotel Holiday Garden (TW:2702), which fell 9.92% or 1.95 points to trade at 17.70 at the close. Taiwan Mask Corp (TW:2338) declined 9.61% or 2.10 points to end at 19.75 and Silergy Corp (TW:6415) was down 9.57% or 45.00 points to 425.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 430 to 366 and 108 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $56.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $66.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.70 to trade at $1212.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.03% to 30.868, while TWD/CNY rose 0.04% to 0.2255.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.71.