Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Biotech & Medical Care, Semiconductor and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aurotek Corp (TW:6215), which rose 9.92% or 6.40 points to trade at 70.90 at the close. Farglory Land Development Co Ltd (TW:5522) added 9.88% or 6.80 points to end at 75.60 and Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3296) was up 9.87% or 3.40 points to 37.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zero One Technology Co Ltd (TW:3029), which lost 9.94% or 17.00 points to trade at 154.00 in late trade. Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) shed 9.84% or 2.40 points to 22.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $70.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $73.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.60 to trade at $2,708.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.16% to 32.49, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.27% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 106.78.
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