Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Electronic Parts/Components sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Loop Telecommunication International Inc (TW:3025), which rose 10.00% or 3.50 points to trade at 38.50 at the close. King Core Electronics Inc (TW:6155) added 9.99% or 3.80 points to end at 41.85 and Tyntek Corp (TW:2426) was up 9.98% or 2.15 points to 23.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ritek Corp (TW:2349), which lost 9.75% or 1.750 points to trade at 16.200 in late trade. Young Optics Inc (TW:3504) declined 9.67% or 13.00 points to end at 121.50 and CMC Magnetics Corp (TW:2323) shed 8.99% or 0.980 points to 9.920.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 566 to 239 and 112 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.25% or 0.82 to $66.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.34% or 0.98 to hit $74.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1271.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.15% to 30.277, while TWD/CNY rose 0.37% to 0.2157.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.32.