Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Grand Ocean (TW:5907), which rose 10.00% or 2.20 points to trade at 24.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumagh High-Te (TW:1475) added 9.98% or 0.98 points to end at 10.80 and Advanced Optoelectronic Tech (TW:3437) was up 9.96% or 2.55 points to 28.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ennoconn (TW:6414), which fell 8.64% or 37.50 points to trade at 396.50 at the close. Choice Develop (TW:9929) declined 6.38% or 0.75 points to end at 11.00 and Pihsiang (TW:1729) was down 5.74% or 3.70 points to 60.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 378 to 373 and 130 ended unchanged.
Shares in Advanced Optoelectronic Tech (TW:3437) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.96% or 2.55 to 28.15. Shares in Pihsiang (TW:1729) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.74% or 3.70 to 60.80.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.38% or 0.19 to $50.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.53% or 0.28 to hit $52.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.15 to trade at $1241.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.18% to 30.367, while TWD/CNY rose 0.13% to 0.2262.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.39.