Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Biotech & Medical Care, Other Electronic and Information Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Cheer Time (TW:3229), which rose 10.00% or 1.75 points to trade at 19.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Roo Hsing (TW:4414) added 9.95% or 2.10 points to end at 23.20 and Hold-Key (TW:1618) was up 9.93% or 0.76 points to 8.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mag Tech (TW:2358), which fell 9.95% or 0.99 points to trade at 8.96 at the close. L&K Eng (TW:6139) declined 9.91% or 3.65 points to end at 33.20 and Taliang (TW:3167) was down 9.85% or 3.00 points to 27.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 401 to 351 and 102 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.12% or 0.43 to $37.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.90% or 0.36 to hit $39.69 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1229.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.60% to 32.223, while TWD/CNY fell 0.15% to 0.2002.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 94.92.