Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Favite (TW:3535), which rose 9.97% or 1.75 points to trade at 19.30 at the close. Taiwan Mask (TW:2338) added 9.92% or 1.20 points to end at 13.30 and Advanced Power (TW:8261) was up 9.38% or 2.10 points to 24.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carry (TW:3054), which lost 4.42% or 1.00 points to trade at 21.65 in late trade. Shuttle (TW:2405) declined 4.11% or 0.45 points to end at 10.50 and Powertech (TW:3296) shed 4.04% or 0.80 points to 19.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 374 to 367 and 137 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.17% or 0.09 to $54.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $56.49 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1253.55 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.03% to 30.733, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2242.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.98.