Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Glass and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Parpro Corp (TW:4916), which rose 9.97% or 3.50 points to trade at 38.60 at the close. Darfon Electronics Corp (TW:8163) added 9.90% or 2.90 points to end at 32.20 and Farglory FTZ Investment Holding Co Ltd (TW:5607) was up 9.79% or 1.60 points to 17.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shuttle Inc (TW:2405), which lost 9.88% or 2.45 points to trade at 22.35 in late trade. Ta Ya Electric Wire & Cable (TW:1609) declined 9.70% or 1.450 points to end at 13.500 and Asia Vital Components Co Ltd (TW:3017) shed 8.89% or 3.20 points to 32.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 558 to 253 and 69 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.33% or 0.19 to $57.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.42% or 0.26 to hit $62.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.39 to trade at $1275.59 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.07% to 30.021, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2218.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.84.