Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Machinery and Computers & Peripherals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which rose 350.24% or 7.39 points to trade at 9.50 at the close. Creative Sensor Inc (TW:8249) added 10.00% or 6.10 points to end at 67.10 and Infortrend Technology Inc (TW:2495) was up 10.00% or 3.55 points to 39.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shunsin Technology Holdings Ltd (TW:6451), which lost 9.96% or 25.50 points to trade at 230.50 in late trade. Champion Building Materials Co Ltd (TW:1806) declined 9.96% or 1.15 points to end at 10.40 and Ta Liang Technology Co Ltd (TW:3167) shed 9.91% or 16.00 points to 145.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.27% or 0.19 to $70.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.30% or 0.22 to hit $74.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 7.85 to trade at $2,741.05 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.04% to 32.07, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.14% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 103.92.