Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Glass and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Enlight Corp (TW:2438), which rose 9.94% or 0.88 points to trade at 9.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Tah Tong Textile Co Ltd (TW:1441) added 9.91% or 0.73 points to end at 8.10 and Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) was up 9.85% or 2.95 points to 32.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp (TW:2038), which fell 6.13% or 0.95 points to trade at 14.55 at the close. Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) declined 5.56% or 0.85 points to end at 14.45 and Quintain Steel Co Ltd (TW:2017) was down 5.46% or 0.65 points to 11.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 601 to 220 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.85% or 2.95 to 32.90.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.13% or 0.08 to $60.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $63.83 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.03% or 13.40 to trade at $1318.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.03% to 29.312, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2178.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 90.17.