Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Optoelectronic and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 1.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chicony (TW:6412), which rose 9.89% or 3.25 points to trade at 36.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Eson (TW:5243) added 9.88% or 2.55 points to end at 28.35 and Gintech (TW:3514) was up 9.82% or 2.50 points to 27.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J Touch (TW:3584), which fell 8.40% or 0.33 points to trade at 3.60 at the close. Aopen (TW:3046) declined 4.35% or 0.43 points to end at 9.45 and Aoc (TW:6289) was down 4.35% or 0.05 points to 1.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 653 to 185 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in J Touch (TW:3584) fell to all time lows; falling 8.40% or 0.33 to 3.60.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.21% or 0.07 to $35.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.55% or 0.20 to hit $37.26 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.93% or 10.00 to trade at $1066.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.40% to 32.813, while TWD/CNY fell 0.30% to 0.1965.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 98.78.