Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Hotels and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corp (TW:4725), which rose 9.95% or 2.75 points to trade at 30.40 at the close. Young Optics Inc (TW:3504) added 9.91% or 7.80 points to end at 86.50 and Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) was up 9.91% or 4.50 points to 49.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jenn Feng New Energy Co Ltd (TW:1538), which lost 9.88% or 0.48 points to trade at 4.38 in late trade. Pan Jit International Inc (TW:2481) declined 9.08% or 5.20 points to end at 52.10 and Paiho Shih Holdings Corp (TW:8404) shed 5.15% or 2.50 points to 46.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 401 to 388 and 125 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.21% or 0.15 to $71.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.32% or 0.25 to hit $79.55 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1288.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.08% to 29.921, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2131.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.34.