Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.48%

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Services , Computers & Peripherals and Electronic Products Distribution sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101 ), which rose 350.24% or 7.39 points to trade at 9.50 at the close. Meanwhile, ITE Tech Inc (TW:3014 ) added 9.85% or 13.50 points to end at 150.50 and Alchip Technologies Ltd (TW:3661 ) was up 9.80% or 215.00 points to 2,410.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ALi Corp (TW:3041 ), which fell 39.85% or 13.08 points to trade at 19.75 at the close. Chien Kuo Construction Co Ltd (TW:5515 ) declined 20.18% or 5.54 points to end at 21.90 and GeoVision Inc (TW:3356 ) was down 10.86% or 7.56 points to 62.10.

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

Shares in Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101 ) rose to 3-years highs; up 350.24% or 7.39 to 9.50.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.60% or 0.43 to $72.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.69% or 0.52 to hit $75.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 10.40 to trade at $2,665.90 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was down 0.24% to 32.27, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.23% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 104.82.

Source: Investing.com