Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Cement and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Good Will Instrument Co Ltd (TW:2423), which rose 9.90% or 2.50 points to trade at 27.75 at the close. Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383) added 9.88% or 0.16 points to end at 1.78 and Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519) was up 9.88% or 0.34 points to 3.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475), which lost 10.00% or 1.11 points to trade at 9.99 in late trade. Daxin Materials Corp (TW:5234) declined 5.08% or 5.00 points to end at 93.50 and Bonny Worldwide Ltd (TW:8467) shed 4.47% or 1.50 points to 32.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 588 to 209 and 120 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.27% or 0.66 to $52.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.16% or 0.71 to hit $61.89 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1291.25 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.05% to 30.839, while TWD/CNY rose 0.11% to 0.2198.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.732.