Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.82%

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Plastic , Machinery and Electronic Products Distribution sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.82%.

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, King Slide Works Co Ltd (TW:2059 ) added 10.00% or 130.00 points to end at 1,430.00 and Foxconn Technology Co Ltd (TW:2354 ) was up 9.98% or 8.70 points to 95.90 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; rising 350.24% or 7.39 to 9.50. Shares in Foxconn Technology Co Ltd (TW:2354 ) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.98% or 8.70 to 95.90.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.66% or 0.48 to $71.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.54% or 0.41 to hit $75.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 4.90 to trade at $2,700.90 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was down 0.13% to 32.06, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.22% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.37.

Source: Investing.com