Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electricity, Other Electronic and Semiconductor sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aero Win Technology Corp (TW:8222), which rose 10.00% or 2.10 points to trade at 23.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3296) added 9.87% or 1.55 points to end at 17.25 and Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) was up 8.59% or 1.40 points to 17.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383), which fell 9.77% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.60 at the close. Scientech Corp (TW:3583) declined 7.67% or 6.90 points to end at 83.10 and JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW:2540) was down 4.11% or 0.90 points to 21.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 459 to 299 and 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) rose to all time highs; gaining 8.59% or 1.40 to 17.70.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.25% or 0.14 to $56.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.69% or 0.43 to hit $62.87 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.89% or 11.10 to trade at $1259.70 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.04% to 30.012, while TWD/CNY fell 0.14% to 0.2215.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.44.