Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Electronic Products Distribution and Cement sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Elite Advanced Laser Corp (TW:3450), which rose 10.00% or 12.50 points to trade at 137.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Uniform Industrial Corp (TW:2482) added 10.00% or 4.00 points to end at 44.00 and AVerMedia Technologies Inc (TW:2417) was up 9.99% or 4.75 points to 52.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which fell 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 at the close. Getac Technology Corp (TW:3005) declined 7.97% or 10.00 points to end at 115.50 and Primax Electronics Ltd (TW:4915) was down 7.54% or 7.00 points to 85.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Shares in Elite Advanced Laser Corp (TW:3450) rose to all time highs; rising 10.00% or 12.50 to 137.50.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.64% or 0.54 to $83.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.56% or 0.49 to hit $86.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 4.20 to trade at $2,365.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.19% to 32.55, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.22% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 105.00.