Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tung Kai Tech (TW:3018), which rose 10.00% or 1.80 points to trade at 19.80 at the close. Meanwhile, China Electric (TW:1611) added 10.00% or 0.83 points to end at 9.13 and Epistar (TW:2448) was up 9.98% or 2.40 points to 26.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kpt Industries (TW:1805), which fell 6.07% or 0.44 points to trade at 6.81 at the close. I-Hwa Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1456) declined 5.53% or 0.70 points to end at 11.95 and Yieh Hsing Ent (TW:2007) was down 5.37% or 0.340 points to 5.990.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 418 to 354 and 107 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.21% or 0.11 to $53.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.27% or 0.15 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.05 to trade at $1238.55 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 30.798, while TWD/CNY rose 0.13% to 0.2244.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 100.52.