Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Communication and Internet sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Champion Micro (TW:3257), which rose 10.00% or 3.75 points to trade at 41.25 at the close. Walsin Tech (TW:2492) added 9.87% or 3.05 points to end at 33.95 and Waffer Tech (TW:6235) was up 8.28% or 1.20 points to 15.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included China Tv (TW:9928), which lost 9.38% or 0.53 points to trade at 5.12 in late trade. Tpk Holding (TW:3673) declined 6.58% or 4.30 points to end at 61.00 and Fu Hsing Indu (TW:9924) shed 6.26% or 3.10 points to 46.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 426 to 304 and 126 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.53% or 0.22 to $40.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.42% or 0.18 to hit $43.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1341.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.05% to 31.931, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2083.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 96.38.