Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Glass, Machinery and Biotech&Medical Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388), which rose 9.96% or 2.80 points to trade at 30.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) added 9.95% or 2.15 points to end at 23.75 and Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) was up 9.94% or 17.00 points to 188.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kung Sing Engineering Corp (TW:5521), which fell 6.47% or 0.90 points to trade at 13.00 at the close. Flexium Interconnect Inc (TW:6269) declined 6.15% or 5.20 points to end at 79.40 and Maxigen Biotech Inc (TW:1783) was down 6.08% or 2.20 points to 34.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 529 to 259 and 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in Flexium Interconnect Inc (TW:6269) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.15% or 5.20 to 79.40. Shares in Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) rose to all time highs; rising 9.94% or 17.00 to 188.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $68.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $74.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1317.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.12% to 29.622, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2121.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 91.46.
