Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Semiconductor and Electronics sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 1.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were D-Link Corp (TW:2332), which rose 9.91% or 1.10 points to trade at 12.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Tainergy Tech Co Ltd (TW:4934) added 9.87% or 0.46 points to end at 5.12 and TSEC Corp (TW:6443) was up 9.77% or 0.59 points to 6.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiwan Styrene Monomer Corp (TW:1310), which fell 7.38% or 1.80 points to trade at 22.60 at the close. Super Dragon Technology Co Ltd (TW:9955) declined 3.57% or 0.45 points to end at 12.15 and Nan Liu Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:6504) was down 3.42% or 5.50 points to 155.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 685 to 121 and 105 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.18% or 0.55 to $46.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.21% or 0.67 to hit $54.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1270.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.09% to 30.808, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2238.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 96.368.