Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Machinery and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Bonny Worldwide Ltd (TW:8467), which rose 10.00% or 2.75 points to trade at 30.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Giantplus Technology Co Ltd (TW:8105) added 9.76% or 1.00 points to end at 11.25 and FocalTech Systems Co Ltd (TW:3545) was up 9.02% or 2.40 points to 29.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519), which fell 9.95% or 0.61 points to trade at 5.52 at the close. San Chih Semiconductor Inc Ltd (TW:3579) declined 9.90% or 0.86 points to end at 7.83 and Tatung Co (TW:2371) was down 9.87% or 3.55 points to 32.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 549 to 247 and 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519) fell to all time lows; down 9.95% or 0.61 to 5.52. Shares in San Chih Semiconductor Inc Ltd (TW:3579) fell to 5-year lows; losing 9.90% or 0.86 to 7.83.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.55% or 0.29 to $52.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.78% or 0.48 to hit $60.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 3.95 to trade at $1243.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.13% to 30.876, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2229.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 97.218.