Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Paper & Pulp and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Kpt Industries (TW:1805), which rose 9.97% or 0.86 points to trade at 9.49 at the close. Opto Tech (TW:2340) added 9.79% or 1.65 points to end at 18.50 and Taliang (TW:3167) was up 6.45% or 2.25 points to 37.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jess-Link (TW:6197), which lost 10.00% or 4.15 points to trade at 37.35 in late trade. Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165) declined 9.93% or 4.70 points to end at 42.65 and Ruentex Ind (TW:2915) shed 9.91% or 5.70 points to 51.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 636 to 173 and 68 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.02% or 0.49 to $47.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.86% or 0.44 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 9.65 to trade at $1258.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.92% to 30.205, while TWD/CNY rose 0.04% to 0.2265.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 99.01.