Taiwan shares higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.19%

Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Plastic and Iron&Steel sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.19%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which rose 350.24% or 7.39 points to trade at 9.50 at the close. Ability Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:2374) added 10.00% or 4.60 points to end at 50.60 and Enlight Corp (TW:2438) was up 10.00% or 4.20 points to 46.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which lost 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 in late trade. EZconn Corp (TW:6442) declined 5.98% or 27.50 points to end at 432.00 and Zippy Technology Corp (TW:2420) shed 5.03% or 3.70 points to 69.80.

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

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.51% or 0.36 to $71.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.40% or 0.30 to hit $74.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 16.30 to trade at $2,723.80 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was unchanged 0.01% to 32.13, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.09% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 103.48.