Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Leadtrend Technology Corp (TW:3588), which rose 9.97% or 3.05 points to trade at 33.65 at the close. Pan Jit International Inc (TW:2481) added 9.91% or 2.80 points to end at 31.05 and Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229) was up 9.79% or 1.65 points to 18.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which lost 9.97% or 34.50 points to trade at 311.50 in late trade. Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165) declined 9.95% or 4.15 points to end at 37.55 and Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) shed 9.81% or 2.30 points to 21.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 587 to 180 and 109 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $52.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $59.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.96 to trade at $1266.64 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.19% to 30.283, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2167.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 94.81.