Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 2.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Dynamic Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3715), which rose 10.00% or 5.20 points to trade at 57.20 at the close. Ace Pillar Co Ltd (TW:8374) added 10.00% or 11.00 points to end at 121.00 and CviLux Corp (TW:8103) was up 9.95% or 6.00 points to 66.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abonmax Co Ltd (TW:2429), which lost 9.92% or 3.00 points to trade at 27.25 in late trade. Jentech Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3653) declined 9.91% or 115.00 points to end at 1,045.00 and Sunspring Metal Corp (TW:2062) shed 9.91% or 3.35 points to 30.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $76.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $79.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 4.80 to trade at $2,458.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.26% to 32.37, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.14% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 102.96.