Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Transport and Other Electronic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 51.00 points to trade at 561.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383) added 10.00% or 0.26 points to end at 2.86 and CX Technology Corp (TW:2415) was up 10.00% or 2.95 points to 32.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429), which fell 6.59% or 0.90 points to trade at 12.75 at the close. Y.C.C. Parts MFG Co Ltd (TW:1339) declined 6.08% or 2.85 points to end at 44.05 and King Slide Works Co Ltd (TW:2059) was down 5.21% or 21.50 points to 391.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 563 to 202 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $49.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $54.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 8.23 to trade at $1358.53 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.28% to 29.968, while TWD/CNY fell 0.18% to 0.2164.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 91.20.