Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Electricity and Iron & Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165), which rose 9.92% or 1.30 points to trade at 14.40 at the close. Genmont Biotec (TW:3164) added 6.93% or 1.50 points to end at 23.15 and Sunonwealth (TW:2421) was up 6.76% or 1.70 points to 26.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transasia (TW:6702), which lost 9.88% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.73 in late trade. China General (TW:1305) declined 5.88% or 1.50 points to end at 24.00 and Sheng Yu Steel (TW:2029) shed 5.28% or 1.90 points to 34.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 499 to 253 and 125 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.53% or 0.28 to $52.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.38% or 0.21 to hit $54.84 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.05 to trade at $1132.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.38% to 32.148, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2161.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 103.00.