Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Glass and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Young Optics Inc (TW:3504), which rose 10.00% or 5.00 points to trade at 55.00 at the close. Sesoda Corp (TW:1708) added 9.95% or 2.85 points to end at 31.50 and Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) was up 9.93% or 3.00 points to 33.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262), which lost 7.91% or 6.80 points to trade at 79.20 in late trade. Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) declined 6.37% or 2.05 points to end at 30.15 and Taimide Tech Inc (TW:3645) shed 5.95% or 2.70 points to 42.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 526 to 260 and 91 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $47.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.68 to trade at $1294.08 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.09% to 30.335, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2209.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.50.