Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526), which rose 10.00% or 4.30 points to trade at 47.30 at the close. Teapo Electronic Corp (TW:2375) added 10.00% or 5.40 points to end at 59.40 and Alchip Technologies Ltd (TW:3661) was up 10.00% or 15.00 points to 165.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included C Sun Manufacturing Ltd (TW:2467), which lost 7.94% or 2.45 points to trade at 28.40 in late trade. Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262) declined 7.45% or 2.60 points to end at 32.30 and Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) shed 5.97% or 0.51 points to 8.03.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 502 to 291 and 118 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.47% or 0.31 to $65.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.48% or 0.37 to hit $76.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.90 to trade at $1299.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.17% to 29.820, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.54.