Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which rose 10.00% or 4.80 points to trade at 52.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Chia Ta World Co Ltd (TW:2033) added 9.72% or 1.20 points to end at 13.55 and Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) was up 9.69% or 1.25 points to 14.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TPK Holding Co Ltd (TW:3673), which fell 9.95% or 10.10 points to trade at 91.40 at the close. Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corp (TW:4725) declined 9.89% or 3.55 points to end at 32.35 and Falcon Power Co Ltd (TW:1516) was down 6.22% or 1.30 points to 19.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 498 to 262 and 147 ended unchanged.
Shares in Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.00% or 4.80 to 52.80.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.43% or 0.28 to $66.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.27% or 0.19 to hit $69.84 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.50 to trade at $1350.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.32% to 29.265, while TWD/CNY fell 0.37% to 0.2157.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 88.62.