Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Textile and Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786), which rose 9.97% or 7.00 points to trade at 77.20 at the close. CMC Magnetics Corp (TW:2323) added 9.97% or 0.620 points to end at 6.840 and Airtac International Group (TW:1590) was up 9.92% or 31.00 points to 343.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424), which lost 6.51% or 2.10 points to trade at 30.15 in late trade. Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc (TW:3437) declined 4.61% or 1.00 points to end at 20.70 and Gourmet Master Co Ltd (TW:2723) shed 4.35% or 10.00 points to 220.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 545 to 251 and 109 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $70.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.30% or 0.24 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1213.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.26% to 30.650, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2234.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.53.