Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Other Electronic and Hotels sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 39.00 points to trade at 429.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Jih Lin Technology Co Ltd (TW:5285) added 9.97% or 6.40 points to end at 70.60 and SDI Corp (TW:2351) was up 9.94% or 7.20 points to 79.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BizLink Holding Inc (TW:3665), which fell 3.90% or 11.50 points to trade at 283.00 at the close. Merry Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2439) declined 3.33% or 7.50 points to end at 217.50 and Universal Microelectronics Co Ltd (TW:2413) was down 3.00% or 0.70 points to 22.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 502 to 244 and 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jih Lin Technology Co Ltd (TW:5285) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.97% or 6.40 to 70.60. Shares in SDI Corp (TW:2351) rose to all time highs; rising 9.94% or 7.20 to 79.60.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $50.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.18% or 0.10 to hit $56.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.24% or 16.28 to trade at $1300.12 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.28% to 30.207, while TWD/CNY rose 0.19% to 0.2164.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.33.