Taiwan stocks up at close; Taiwan rose 0.43% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, it rose 0.43 percent to hit a fresh one-month high.

The best performers of the session were Arima Communications Corp (TW: ), which rose 350.24% or 7.39 points to trade at 9.50 at the close. Meanwhile, CX Technology Corp (TW: ) added 9.97% or 3.15 points to end at 34.75 and Holtek Semiconductor Inc ( TW: ) was up 9.95% or 4.75 points to trade at 52.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lead data Inc (TW: ), which declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 at the close. Optical Asia Co Inc (TW:) declined 9.51% or 12.50 points to end at 119.00 and Formosa Oilseed Processing Co Ltd (TW:) declined 7.53% or 11.00 points. up to 135.00.

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

Shares of Arima Communications Corp (TW:) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 350.24% or 7.39 to 9.50. Shares of CX Technology Corp ( TW: ) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.97% or 3.15 to 34.75.

Crude oil for November delivery fell 0.28 percent, or 0.19, to $67.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for December delivery was down 0.31%, or 0.22, at $70.87 a barrel, while December gold futures were down 0.23 % or 6.10, to $2,688.80 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD rose 0.06% to 31.71, while TWD/CNY was unchanged 0.09% to 0.22.

US dollar index futures rose 0.31% to 100.56.