Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Hotels and Iron & Steel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chenming Mold (TW:3013), which rose 9.97% or 1.85 points to trade at 20.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Ruentex Materials Co Ltd (TW:8463) added 9.94% or 1.80 points to end at 19.90 and Chia Her Industrial (TW:1449) was up 9.86% or 0.50 points to 5.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Formosa Sumco (TW:3532), which fell 9.13% or 12.00 points to trade at 119.50 at the close. Maxtek Tech (TW:3315) declined 6.69% or 1.20 points to end at 16.75 and Lung Hwa Eltrs (TW:2424) was down 6.06% or 2.00 points to 31.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 467 to 304 and 111 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.34% or 0.16 to $47.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $50.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.85 to trade at $1242.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.09% to 30.449, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.78.