Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Trading & Consumer Goods, Machinery and Semiconductor sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Harvatek Corp (TW:6168), which rose 9.97% or 1.75 points to trade at 19.30 at the close. Meanwhile, CoAdna Holdings Inc (TW:4984) added 9.95% or 3.65 points to end at 40.35 and Anderson Industrial Corp (TW:1528) was up 9.92% or 1.30 points to 14.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1512), which fell 9.73% or 1.10 points to trade at 10.20 at the close. Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) declined 8.46% or 1.15 points to end at 12.45 and Nien Made Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:8464) was down 6.46% or 19.50 points to 282.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 423 to 316 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harvatek Corp (TW:6168) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.97% or 1.75 to 19.30. Shares in Anderson Industrial Corp (TW:1528) rose to 3-years highs; rising 9.92% or 1.30 to 14.40.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.36% or 0.20 to $55.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $61.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.25 to trade at $1282.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.33% to 30.056, while TWD/CNY rose 0.32% to 0.2211.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.54.
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