Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , Rubber and Computers & Peripherals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 2.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chipmos (TW:8150), which rose 10.00% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.85 at the close. Meanwhile, 1St Copper Tec (TW:2009) added 9.94% or 0.78 points to end at 8.63 and Tai-I (TW:1613) was up 9.93% or 0.300 points to 3.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pegatron (TW:4938), which fell 10.00% or 8.30 points to trade at 74.70 at the close. Ennoconn (TW:6414) declined 9.96% or 47.50 points to end at 429.50 and Everfocus Elec (TW:5484) was down 9.93% or 0.700 points to 6.350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 603 to 201 and 66 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.38% or 0.17 to $44.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.31% or 0.14 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.46% or 5.80 to trade at $1260.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.73% to 31.815, while TWD/CNY rose 0.33% to 0.2151.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 98.66.