Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Trading & Consumer Goods and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Taiwan Pelican Express Co Ltd (TW:2642), which rose 7.32% or 1.80 points to trade at 26.40 at the close. Episil-Precision Inc (TW:3016) added 5.59% or 1.25 points to end at 23.60 and Ching Feng Home Fashions Co Ltd (TW:9935) was up 4.48% or 0.50 points to 11.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included President Chain Store Corp (TW:2912), which lost 7.80% or 22.50 points to trade at 266.00 in late trade. FocalTech Systems Co Ltd (TW:3545) declined 7.48% or 3.15 points to end at 38.95 and Asmedia Technology Inc (TW:5269) shed 7.26% or 31.50 points to 402.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 538 to 194 and 142 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.12% or 0.06 to $48.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.88 to trade at $1259.12 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 30.250, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2234.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.67.