Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the fell 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Everlight Chemical Industrial Corp (TW:), which rose 10.00% or 2.15 points to trade at 23.65 at the close. Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:) added 9.99% or 0.69 points to end at 7.60 and Onano Industrial Corp (TW:) was up 9.96% or 2.30 points to 25.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arima Communications Corp (TW:), which lost 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 in late trade. Lead Data Inc (TW:) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:) shed 8.30% or 10.50 points to 116.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $73.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $77.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 11.00 to trade at $2,527.70 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.03% to 31.99, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.04% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.25.
