Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Electricity and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229), which rose 9.94% or 1.70 points to trade at 18.80 at the close. Shuttle Inc (TW:2405) added 9.93% or 1.35 points to end at 14.95 and Generalplus Technology Inc (TW:4952) was up 9.85% or 5.40 points to 60.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RichWave Technology Corp (TW:4968), which lost 9.76% or 12.00 points to trade at 111.00 in late trade. BenQ Materials Corp (TW:8215) declined 6.97% or 1.45 points to end at 19.35 and Paragon Technologies Co Ltd (TW:3518) shed 5.70% or 1.85 points to 30.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 379 to 369 and 131 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.42% or 0.23 to $54.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.26% or 0.16 to hit $60.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.88 to trade at $1277.22 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.02% to 30.186, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2196.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.57.