Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Electricity and Hotels sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Min Aik Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:4545), which rose 9.91% or 4.05 points to trade at 44.90 at the close. Unitech Printed Circuit Board Corp (TW:2367) added 9.86% or 2.05 points to end at 22.85 and Formosa Sumco Technology Corp (TW:3532) was up 9.73% or 11.00 points to 124.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425), which lost 9.88% or 2.90 points to trade at 26.45 in late trade. Coland Holdings Ltd (TW:4144) declined 9.78% or 4.50 points to end at 41.50 and Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) shed 7.14% or 2.00 points to 26.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 461 to 343 and 111 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.19% or 0.13 to $66.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $71.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1340.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.06% to 29.319, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2144.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.51.