Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Glass sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 2.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sumagh High-Te (TW:1475), which rose 9.96% or 0.80 points to trade at 8.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Super Dragon (TW:9955) added 9.92% or 1.25 points to end at 13.85 and Candmark (TW:5259) was up 9.59% or 0.14 points to 1.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genesis Photon (TW:3383), which fell 8.76% or 0.48 points to trade at 5.00 at the close. Aurotek (TW:6215) declined 8.39% or 1.30 points to end at 14.20 and Shin Zu Shing (TW:3376) was down 8.18% or 9.00 points to 101.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 776 to 42 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 4.39% or 2.20 to $47.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 4.30% or 2.19 to hit $48.72 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 4.70% or 59.35 to trade at $1322.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.66% to 32.398, while TWD/CNY fell 2.19% to 0.2010.
The US Dollar Index was up 2.55% at 95.71.