Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Electricity and Iron & Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sintronic Tech (TW:3536), which rose 9.99% or 0.70 points to trade at 7.71 at the close. Eson (TW:5243) added 9.90% or 3.45 points to end at 38.30 and Pec (TW:4916) was up 9.90% or 3.35 points to 37.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chung Hung Ste (TW:2014), which lost 9.94% or 0.71 points to trade at 6.43 in late trade. Tpk Holding (TW:3673) declined 8.85% or 6.80 points to end at 70.00 and Li Cheng (TW:4426) shed 8.79% or 17.50 points to 181.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 527 to 233 and 92 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.17% or 0.46 to $39.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.02% or 0.42 to hit $41.45 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.50 to trade at $1217.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.38% to 32.645, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2005.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 96.31.