Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Communication and Internet and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475), which rose 8.38% or 2.10 points to trade at 27.15 at the close. Taisun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1218) added 6.83% or 1.55 points to end at 24.25 and Nuvoton Technology Corp (TW:4919) was up 5.73% or 3.10 points to 57.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165), which lost 9.98% or 4.85 points to trade at 43.75 in late trade. Right Way Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1506) declined 8.72% or 1.90 points to end at 19.90 and Biostar Microtech International Corp (TW:2399) shed 7.36% or 1.35 points to 17.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 420 to 318 and 138 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $46.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.29 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.32 to trade at $1245.82 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.15% to 30.407, while TWD/CNY rose 0.22% to 0.2251.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.94.