Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Glass and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Acceptance (TW:9941), which rose 9.94% or 8.80 points to trade at 97.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Chuwa Wool (TW:1439) added 9.94% or 1.75 points to end at 19.35 and Jui Li (TW:1512) was up 9.92% or 0.62 points to 6.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jenn Feng (TW:1538), which fell 5.46% or 0.41 points to trade at 7.10 at the close. Elite Matl (TW:2383) declined 5.30% or 7.00 points to end at 125.00 and Enlight Corp (TW:2438) was down 4.80% or 0.44 points to 8.72.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 388 to 357 and 133 ended unchanged.
Shares in Acceptance (TW:9941) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.94% or 8.80 to 97.30.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.65% or 0.32 to $49.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $52.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.01 to trade at $1251.79 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.07% to 30.241, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2271.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 97.60.