Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Glass and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Favite Inc (TW:3535), which rose 10.00% or 1.25 points to trade at 13.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp (TW:2038) added 9.96% or 1.25 points to end at 13.80 and Weikeng Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3033) was up 9.95% or 2.05 points to 22.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which fell 9.89% or 6.20 points to trade at 56.50 at the close. VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388) declined 9.47% or 1.95 points to end at 18.65 and Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424) was down 9.17% or 3.10 points to 30.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 649 to 171 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp (TW:2038) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.96% or 1.25 to 13.80. Shares in Weikeng Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3033) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.95% or 2.05 to 22.65.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $62.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $66.37 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.30 to trade at $1329.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.10% to 29.265, while TWD/CNY fell 0.32% to 0.2169.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.86.