Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Machinery and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Bonny Worldwide Ltd (TW:8467), which rose 10.00% or 2.75 points to trade at 30.25 at the close. Giantplus Technology Co Ltd (TW:8105) added 9.76% or 1.00 points to end at 11.25 and FocalTech Systems Co Ltd (TW:3545) was up 9.02% or 2.40 points to 29.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519), which lost 9.95% or 0.61 points to trade at 5.52 in late trade. San Chih Semiconductor Inc Ltd (TW:3579) declined 9.90% or 0.86 points to end at 7.83 and Tatung Co (TW:2371) shed 9.87% or 3.55 points to 32.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 549 to 247 and 114 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.53% or 0.28 to $52.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.76% or 0.47 to hit $60.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 3.95 to trade at $1243.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.08% to 30.859, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2229.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 97.203.