Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Plastic, Iron & Steel and Chemical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.54% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hong Yi Fiber (TW:1452), which rose 10.00% or 2.30 points to trade at 25.30 at the close. Tpcc (TW:4725) added 9.86% or 1.45 points to end at 16.15 and Yoko Tech (TW:6131) was up 9.84% or 0.90 points to 10.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tainan Cayman (TW:5906), which lost 8.75% or 0.21 points to trade at 2.19 in late trade. L&K Eng (TW:6139) declined 5.80% or 1.65 points to end at 26.80 and Candmark (TW:5259) shed 5.22% or 0.34 points to 6.17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 543 to 195 and 112 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.12% or 0.04 to $33.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.37% or 0.13 to hit $35.16 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1239.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.73% to 33.244, while TWD/CNY rose 0.30% to 0.1973.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 97.23.