Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Cement and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 19.00 points to trade at 209.00 at the close. Goodway (TW:1583) added 9.98% or 6.40 points to end at 70.50 and Microelectroni (TW:2314) was up 9.83% or 2.85 points to 31.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Favite (TW:3535), which lost 9.19% or 1.75 points to trade at 17.30 in late trade. Roo Hsing (TW:4414) declined 8.10% or 1.90 points to end at 21.55 and Enlight Corp (TW:2438) shed 7.94% or 0.85 points to 9.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 580 to 210 and 85 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.79% or 0.39 to $49.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.69% or 0.36 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.55 to trade at $1197.65 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.19% to 31.080, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2234.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.95.