Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.09%

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biotech&Medical Care, Electricity and Machinery sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Danen Technology Corp (TW:3686), which rose 10.00% or 2.60 points to trade at 28.60 at the close. Meanwhile, EZconn Corp (TW:6442) added 10.00% or 40.50 points to end at 445.50 and Taiwan Chelic Corp Ltd (TW:4555) was up 9.99% or 4.45 points to 49.00 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. Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) declined 9.83% or 0.23 points to end at 2.11 and King’s Town Construction Co Ltd (TW:2524) was down 9.19% or 12.50 points to 123.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Shares in Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) fell to all time lows; losing 9.83% or 0.23 to 2.11.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.21% or 0.15 to $71.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $76.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 5.70 to trade at $2,541.80 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.09% to 31.96, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.04% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.10.