Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Glass and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Favite Inc (TW:3535), which rose 10.00% or 1.25 points to trade at 13.75 at the close. Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp (TW:2038) added 9.96% or 1.25 points to end at 13.80 and Weikeng Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3033) was up 9.95% or 2.05 points to 22.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which lost 9.89% or 6.20 points to trade at 56.50 in late trade. VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388) declined 9.47% or 1.95 points to end at 18.65 and Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424) shed 9.17% or 3.10 points to 30.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 649 to 171 and 96 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $62.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $66.36 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.30 to trade at $1329.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.10% to 29.267, while TWD/CNY fell 0.32% to 0.2169.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.86.