Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the rose 2.96%.
The best performers of the session on the were Creative Sensor Inc (TW:), which rose 9.99% or 4.15 points to trade at 45.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Roundtop Machinery Industries Co Ltd (TW:) added 9.94% or 4.35 points to end at 48.10 and Ta Liang Technology Co Ltd (TW:) was up 9.92% or 7.70 points to 85.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arima Communications Corp (TW:), which fell 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 at the close. Lead Data Inc (TW:) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Jinan Acetate Chemical Co Ltd (TW:) was down 9.80% or 94.00 points to 865.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Shares in Creative Sensor Inc (TW:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.99% or 4.15 to 45.70. Shares in Arima Communications Corp (TW:) fell to all time lows; down 9.95% or 0.21 to 1.90. Shares in Roundtop Machinery Industries Co Ltd (TW:) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.94% or 4.35 to 48.10.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.61% or 0.42 to $69.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.58% or 0.42 to hit $72.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 13.55 to trade at $2,594.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.23% to 32.01, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 101.06.
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