Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Hotels sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Gigastorage Corp (TW:2406), which rose 10.00% or 0.90 points to trade at 9.90 at the close. Faraday Technology Corp (TW:3035) added 9.98% or 6.50 points to end at 71.60 and Action Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3024) was up 9.96% or 0.740 points to 8.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included General Interface Solution GIS Holding Ltd (TW:6456), which lost 5.46% or 11.00 points to trade at 190.50 in late trade. Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corp (TW:4725) declined 5.31% or 1.85 points to end at 33.00 and Gourmet Master Co Ltd (TW:2723) shed 4.97% or 11.50 points to 220.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 452 to 330 and 129 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $70.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.15% or 0.12 to hit $77.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.60 to trade at $1209.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.12% to 30.714, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.61.