Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Cement and Cement & Glass sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786), which rose 10.00% or 5.40 points to trade at 59.40 at the close. Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp (TW:3189) added 10.00% or 5.00 points to end at 55.00 and Coxon Precise Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3607) was up 9.97% or 2.85 points to 31.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465), which lost 9.91% or 3.15 points to trade at 28.65 in late trade. Biostar Microtech International Corp (TW:2399) declined 9.82% or 2.50 points to end at 22.95 and Space Shuttle Hi-Tech Co Ltd (TW:2440) shed 9.77% or 1.50 points to 13.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 436 to 371 and 106 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.18% or 0.11 to $60.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.25% or 0.16 to hit $63.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.60 to trade at $1319.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.12% to 29.307, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2153.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 90.15.