Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Electronic Parts/Components and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519), which rose 10.00% or 0.62 points to trade at 6.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Danen Technology Corp (TW:3686) added 9.84% or 0.30 points to end at 3.35 and Favite Inc (TW:3535) was up 9.56% or 1.30 points to 14.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Uniflex Technology Inc (TW:3321), which fell 8.79% or 1.05 points to trade at 10.90 at the close. Calin Technology Co Ltd (TW:4976) declined 8.69% or 2.95 points to end at 31.00 and Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425) was down 8.56% or 2.50 points to 26.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 582 to 212 and 106 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.78% or 1.52 to $53.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.53% or 0.96 to hit $61.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1227.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.18% to 30.914, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2246.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.312.