Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Semiconductor, Paper & Pulp and Other Electronic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were AP Memory Technology Corp (TW:6531), which rose 9.98% or 8.80 points to trade at 97.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) added 9.97% or 4.35 points to end at 48.00 and Giantplus Technology Co Ltd (TW:8105) was up 9.81% or 1.80 points to 20.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Spirox Corp (TW:3055), which fell 6.35% or 2.00 points to trade at 29.50 at the close. Faraday Technology Corp (TW:3035) declined 4.77% or 3.90 points to end at 77.90 and Global Unichip Corp (TW:3443) was down 4.17% or 15.00 points to 344.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 391 to 368 and 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) rose to all time highs; rising 9.97% or 4.35 to 48.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.08% or 0.05 to $64.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1345.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.10% to 29.147, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.06.