Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Other Electronic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 1.16% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Everspring Industry Co Ltd (TW:2390), which rose 8.52% or 0.95 points to trade at 12.10 at the close. Meanwhile, ScinoPharm Taiwan Ltd (TW:1789) added 7.74% or 1.90 points to end at 26.45 and SCI Pharmtech Inc (TW:4119) was up 7.14% or 5.10 points to 76.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which fell 9.95% or 5.80 points to trade at 52.50 at the close. Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229) declined 7.69% or 1.50 points to end at 18.00 and Dynamic Electronics Co Ltd (TW:6251) was down 7.55% or 0.69 points to 8.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 569 to 241 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.17% or 0.55 to $47.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.95% or 0.53 to hit $56.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.35 to trade at $1296.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.08% to 30.881, while TWD/CNY rose 0.07% to 0.2223.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 95.975.