Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Other Electronic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Shuttle Inc (TW:2405), which rose 9.93% or 2.15 points to trade at 23.80 at the close. Meanwhile, CoAdna Holdings Inc (TW:4984) added 7.93% or 2.90 points to end at 39.45 and Chenming Mold Industrial Corp (TW:3013) was up 6.47% or 1.30 points to 21.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sintronic Technology Inc (TW:3536), which fell 8.61% or 2.05 points to trade at 21.75 at the close. Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp (TW:6176) declined 4.64% or 3.50 points to end at 72.00 and Globe Union Industrial Corp (TW:9934) was down 4.05% or 0.90 points to 21.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 489 to 301 and 88 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.26% or 0.15 to $57.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $63.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1257.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.01% to 30.001, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2193.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.55.