Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Glass, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Carnival Industrial Corp (TW:1417), which rose 10.00% or 0.61 points to trade at 6.71 at the close. Meanwhile, Solytech Enterprise Corp (TW:1471) added 10.00% or 0.63 points to end at 6.93 and SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786) was up 10.00% or 6.70 points to 73.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lelon Electronics Corp (TW:2472), which fell 9.21% or 7.30 points to trade at 72.00 at the close. Yageo Corp (TW:2327) declined 8.12% or 84.00 points to end at 951.00 and Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026) was down 7.93% or 18.00 points to 209.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 545 to 273 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carnival Industrial Corp (TW:1417) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 10.00% or 0.61 to 6.71.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.28% or 0.19 to $68.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.53% or 0.41 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.50 to trade at $1306.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.09% to 29.959, while TWD/CNY fell 0.23% to 0.2138.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.94.