Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Hotels and Rubber sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tai Tung (TW:8011), which rose 10.00% or 2.15 points to trade at 23.65 at the close. Kyet (TW:5225) added 10.00% or 3.70 points to end at 40.70 and Genius (TW:3406) was up 9.98% or 5.70 points to 62.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Y.C.C. (TW:1339), which lost 9.92% or 5.25 points to trade at 47.65 in late trade. Phytohealth (TW:4108) declined 5.37% or 1.60 points to end at 28.20 and Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418) shed 5.30% or 0.28 points to 5.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 457 to 380 and 6 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.81% or 0.81 to $45.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.39% or 0.67 to hit $48.35 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.45% or 5.00 to trade at $1108.70 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.26% to 32.897, while TWD/CNY fell 0.10% to 0.1944.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 96.34.