Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels, Machinery and Glass sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were GeoVision Inc (TW:3356), which rose 10.00% or 2.70 points to trade at 29.70 at the close. RichWave Technology Corp (TW:4968) added 10.00% or 4.30 points to end at 47.30 and Hsin Ba Ba Corp (TW:9906) was up 10.00% or 0.90 points to 9.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharmally International Holding Co Ltd (TW:6452), which lost 5.86% or 9.50 points to trade at 152.50 in late trade. Swancor Holding Co Ltd (TW:3708) declined 5.59% or 4.00 points to end at 67.50 and Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519) shed 5.57% or 0.38 points to 6.44.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 692 to 137 and 79 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.25% or 0.63 to $51.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.64% or 0.97 to hit $60.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1231.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.24% to 30.872, while TWD/CNY fell 0.13% to 0.2241.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.762.