Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 2.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were National Aerospace Fasteners Corp (TW:3004), which rose 10.00% or 6.10 points to trade at 67.10 at the close. General Interface Solution GIS Holding Ltd (TW:6456) added 9.93% or 8.50 points to end at 94.10 and Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd (TW:2368) was up 9.92% or 1.30 points to 14.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429), which lost 6.45% or 1.00 points to trade at 14.50 in late trade. Bonny Worldwide Ltd (TW:8467) declined 3.35% or 1.20 points to end at 34.60 and Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444) shed 2.73% or 0.60 points to 21.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 730 to 90 and 85 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.54% or 0.74 to $48.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.38% or 0.79 to hit $57.85 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.15 to trade at $1290.95 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.09% to 30.815, while TWD/CNY fell 0.29% to 0.2223.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 95.567.