HONG KONG -- Taiwan's share prices closed lower Friday with the weighted index down 36.35 points, or 0.46 percent, at 7,821.63, according to news reaching here from Taipei.

The local bourse fluctuated between 7,810.54 and 7,864.86 during the day's trading. Turnover totaled 69.48 billion new Taiwan dollars (about 8.95 billion U.S. dollars).