Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Biotech & Medical Care and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius (TW:3406), which rose 9.98% or 5.90 points to trade at 65.00 at the close. Everspring Ind (TW:2390) added 9.96% or 1.35 points to end at 14.90 and First Steamshi (TW:2601) was up 9.90% or 0.72 points to 7.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tai-I (TW:1613), which lost 9.85% or 0.270 points to trade at 2.470 in late trade. Genesis Photon (TW:3383) declined 9.76% or 0.32 points to end at 2.96 and Formosa Oilsee (TW:1225) shed 8.90% or 4.25 points to 43.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 529 to 242 and 104 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.99% or 0.45 to $44.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.73% or 0.34 to hit $46.15 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.72% or 8.75 to trade at $1208.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.65% to 32.066, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2137.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 101.33.