Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Electronic Parts/Components, Textile and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Optotech Corp (TW:2340), which rose 9.93% or 2.75 points to trade at 30.45 at the close. Teapo Electronic Corp (TW:2375) added 9.92% or 7.30 points to end at 80.90 and Edimax Technology Co Ltd (TW:3047) was up 9.64% or 0.95 points to 10.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Young Optics Inc (TW:3504), which lost 9.97% or 16.00 points to trade at 144.50 in late trade. Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383) declined 7.61% or 0.28 points to end at 3.40 and China Steel Structure Co Ltd (TW:2013) shed 7.10% or 2.20 points to 28.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 399 to 395 and 116 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $66.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $75.91 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.40 to trade at $1302.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.13% to 29.983, while TWD/CNY rose 0.24% to 0.2100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.00.