Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Rubber, Auto and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hsin Kao Gas (TW:9931), which rose 6.66% or 2.10 points to trade at 33.65 at the close. Kinsus (TW:3189) added 6.41% or 4.10 points to end at 68.10 and Grand Ocean (TW:5907) was up 5.63% or 1.20 points to 22.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Everlight (TW:2393), which lost 3.03% or 1.40 points to trade at 44.85 in late trade. Wowprime (TW:2727) declined 3.00% or 3.50 points to end at 113.00 and Ene (TW:6243) shed 2.90% or 0.45 points to 15.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 476 to 246 and 128 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.51% or 0.25 to $48.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.99 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1254.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.31% to 32.696, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.1997.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.28.