Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Computers & Peripherals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Fortune Oriental Co Ltd (TW:2491), which rose 9.96% or 1.35 points to trade at 14.90 at the close. AzureWave Technologies Inc (TW:3694) added 9.95% or 5.60 points to end at 61.90 and Anji Technology Co Ltd (TW:6477) was up 9.95% or 2.80 points to 30.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EZconn Corp (TW:6442), which lost 7.85% or 51.00 points to trade at 599.00 in late trade. Hiwin Technologies Corp (TW:2049) declined 6.23% or 20.50 points to end at 308.50 and Chung Fu Tex-International Corp (TW:1435) shed 6.15% or 2.20 points to 33.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.15% or 0.11 to $73.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $76.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 4.80 to trade at $2,673.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.06% to 32.93, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.05% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 108.98.