Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Optoelectronic and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aero Win Tech Corp (TW:8222), which rose 9.88% or 2.40 points to trade at 26.70 at the close. Genius (TW:3406) added 9.88% or 8.50 points to end at 94.50 and Union Insuranc (TW:2816) was up 9.85% or 1.30 points to 14.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transasia (TW:6702), which lost 9.95% or 0.42 points to trade at 3.80 in late trade. Basso Indu (TW:1527) declined 5.25% or 4.20 points to end at 75.80 and China Air Line (TW:2610) shed 4.68% or 0.48 points to 9.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 386 to 358 and 125 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.50% or 0.72 to $47.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.59% or 0.78 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.82% or 9.75 to trade at $1179.55 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.06% to 31.904, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2169.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 101.69.