Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Biotech & Medical Care, Optoelectronic and Chemical/Bio & Medical care sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348), which rose 10.00% or 4.00 points to trade at 44.00 at the close. Chlitina Holding Ltd (TW:4137) added 10.00% or 16.50 points to end at 181.50 and Swancor Holding Co Ltd (TW:3708) was up 9.96% or 8.90 points to 98.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526), which lost 9.91% or 8.00 points to trade at 72.70 in late trade. Accton Technology Corp (TW:2345) declined 9.52% or 10.00 points to end at 95.00 and Unity Opto Technology Co Ltd (TW:2499) shed 8.53% or 0.90 points to 9.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 425 to 387 and 99 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.46% or 0.30 to $65.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.29% or 0.20 to hit $69.61 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.90 to trade at $1344.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.24% to 29.123, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2170.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 89.05.