Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tainan Cayman (TW:5906), which rose 9.98% or 0.630 points to trade at 6.940 at the close. China Tv (TW:9928) added 9.89% or 0.47 points to end at 5.22 and China Petroche (TW:1314) was up 7.67% or 0.59 points to 8.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hanpin (TW:2488), which lost 8.98% or 4.60 points to trade at 46.60 in late trade. Chuwa Wool (TW:1439) declined 8.79% or 1.70 points to end at 17.65 and Chinese Mariti (TW:2612) shed 6.09% or 1.70 points to 26.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 500 to 254 and 96 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $50.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $52.49 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1254.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.20% to 31.462, while TWD/CNY fell 0.28% to 0.2105.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 97.02.