Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Electronic Parts/Components, Electricity and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.25% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 36.00 points to trade at 396.00 at the close. Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) added 9.95% or 28.00 points to end at 309.50 and Yageo Corp (TW:2327) was up 9.93% or 88.00 points to 974.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444), which lost 9.83% or 2.65 points to trade at 24.30 in late trade. Mospec Semiconductor Corp (TW:2434) declined 6.44% or 1.05 points to end at 15.25 and Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) shed 6.00% or 2.70 points to 42.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 583 to 220 and 112 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.69% or 0.49 to $71.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.78% or 0.61 to hit $79.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 8.00 to trade at $1283.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.19% to 30.003, while TWD/CNY fell 0.14% to 0.2124.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.88.