Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Other sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Ya Horng (TW:6201), which rose 10.00% or 3.30 points to trade at 36.30 at the close. G.M.I (TW:3312) added 9.87% or 0.69 points to end at 7.68 and Chien Shing Ss (TW:2025) was up 9.68% or 0.210 points to 2.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Calin (TW:4976), which lost 9.34% or 2.25 points to trade at 21.85 in late trade. Sunrace (TW:1526) declined 8.62% or 1.50 points to end at 15.90 and Super Dragon (TW:9955) shed 8.31% or 1.65 points to 18.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 573 to 206 and 76 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.91% or 0.44 to $48.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.41% or 0.21 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.32% or 4.30 to trade at $1352.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.65% to 31.641, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2113.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 94.28.