Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Plastic, Trading & Consumer Goods and Cement sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526), which rose 9.98% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Taisol Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3338) added 9.93% or 2.05 points to end at 22.70 and Rexon Industrial Corp Ltd (TW:1515) was up 8.47% or 4.50 points to 57.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jean Co Ltd (TW:2442), which fell 10.00% or 1.60 points to trade at 14.40 at the close. Roo Hsing Co Ltd (TW:4414) declined 9.77% or 1.30 points to end at 12.00 and SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786) was down 7.18% or 5.80 points to 75.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 423 to 354 and 130 ended unchanged.
Shares in Roo Hsing Co Ltd (TW:4414) fell to 3-years lows; losing 9.77% or 1.30 to 12.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.26% or 0.90 to $72.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.09% or 0.88 to hit $81.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1199.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.39% to 30.561, while TWD/CNY fell 0.45% to 0.2231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.15.