Taiwan shares fall at close; Taiwan was down 0.40% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Taiwan, it was down 0.40%.

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

The worst performers of the session were Arima Communications Corp (TW:), which declined 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 at the close. Lead data Inc (TW: ) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Optical Asia Co Inc (TW: ) declined 8.30% or 10.50 points to 116.00.

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

Shares of Everlight Chemical Industrial Corp ( TW: ) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.00% or 2.15 to 23.65. Shares of Arima Communications Corp (TW:) fell to all-time lows; down 9.95% or 0.21 to 1.90.

Crude oil for October delivery rose 0.01%, or 0.01, to $73.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for October delivery was flat 0.00% or 0.00 at $77.22 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 0. 41% or 10.40 to $2,527.10 per troy ounce.

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

US dollar index futures fell 0.15% to 101.25.