Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Textile and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jean Co Ltd (TW:2442), which rose 9.84% or 0.95 points to trade at 10.60 at the close. Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corp (TW:4725) added 8.69% or 2.75 points to end at 34.40 and Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) was up 6.25% or 16.50 points to 280.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Everlight Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2393), which lost 10.00% or 3.50 points to trade at 31.50 in late trade. Tung Kai Technology Engineering Co Ltd (TW:3018) declined 9.94% or 3.30 points to end at 29.90 and Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) shed 9.22% or 2.70 points to 26.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 578 to 217 and 115 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.71% or 0.48 to $68.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.58% or 0.43 to hit $75.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1195.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.19% to 30.770, while TWD/CNY rose 0.36% to 0.2232.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.40.