Taiwan shares lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 0.40%

Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , Construction and Other Electronic sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.40%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Everlight Chemical Industrial Corp (TW:1711), which rose 10.00% or 2.15 points to trade at 23.65 at the close. Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1512) added 9.99% or 0.69 points to end at 7.60 and Onano Industrial Corp (TW:6405) was up 9.96% or 2.30 points to 25.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which lost 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 in late trade. Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:3019) shed 8.30% or 10.50 points to 116.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $73.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $77.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 11.00 to trade at $2,527.70 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.03% to 31.99, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.04% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.25.