Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Machinery and Biotech & Medical Care sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Darwin Precisions Corp (TW:6120), which rose 10.00% or 1.95 points to trade at 21.45 at the close. AP Memory Technology Corp (TW:6531) added 9.99% or 7.30 points to end at 80.40 and Advanced Power Electronics Corp (TW:8261) was up 9.92% or 2.45 points to 27.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:3019), which lost 9.84% or 12.00 points to trade at 110.00 in late trade. Kinko Optical Co Ltd (TW:6209) declined 8.69% or 3.65 points to end at 38.35 and Calin Technology Co Ltd (TW:4976) shed 7.94% or 3.80 points to 44.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 447 to 308 and 122 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.78% or 0.37 to $47.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.85% or 0.44 to hit $52.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.13 to trade at $1292.13 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.12% to 30.222, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2203.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.27.