Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Hotels and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Leadtrend (TW:3588), which rose 9.95% or 2.90 points to trade at 32.05 at the close. Walton (TW:8110) added 9.94% or 0.94 points to end at 10.40 and Hanpin (TW:2488) was up 9.91% or 5.50 points to 61.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tainan Cayman (TW:5906), which lost 9.08% or 0.630 points to trade at 6.310 in late trade. Lung Hwa Eltrs (TW:2424) declined 6.47% or 1.50 points to end at 21.70 and Ritek (TW:2349) shed 5.76% or 0.260 points to 4.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 443 to 276 and 132 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.09% or 0.52 to $47.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.22% or 0.61 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.15 to trade at $1339.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.48% to 31.450, while TWD/CNY rose 0.38% to 0.2133.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.96.