Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Other Electronic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 1.16% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Everspring Industry Co Ltd (TW:2390), which rose 8.52% or 0.95 points to trade at 12.10 at the close. ScinoPharm Taiwan Ltd (TW:1789) added 7.74% or 1.90 points to end at 26.45 and SCI Pharmtech Inc (TW:4119) was up 7.14% or 5.10 points to 76.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which lost 9.95% or 5.80 points to trade at 52.50 in late trade. Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229) declined 7.69% or 1.50 points to end at 18.00 and Dynamic Electronics Co Ltd (TW:6251) shed 7.55% or 0.69 points to 8.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 569 to 241 and 101 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.19% or 0.56 to $47.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.97% or 0.54 to hit $56.49 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.35 to trade at $1296.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.08% to 30.881, while TWD/CNY rose 0.07% to 0.2223.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 95.977.