Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Communication and Internet, Plastic and Chemical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hwa Fong Rubber Ind Co Ltd (TW:2109), which rose 9.75% or 1.15 points to trade at 12.95 at the close. Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229) added 8.81% or 1.70 points to end at 21.00 and Jourdeness Group Ltd (TW:4190) was up 7.80% or 8.00 points to 110.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uniflex Technology Inc (TW:3321), which lost 8.30% or 0.95 points to trade at 10.50 in late trade. Evertex Fabrinology Ltd (TW:1470) declined 5.91% or 1.10 points to end at 17.50 and San Chih Semiconductor Inc Ltd (TW:3579) shed 4.17% or 0.26 points to 5.98.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 454 to 331 and 127 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.35% or 1.05 to $45.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.97% or 1.04 to hit $53.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1282.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.36% to 30.671, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2237.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.905.