Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Textile and Hotels sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Loop Telecommunication International Inc (TW:3025), which rose 10.00% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.85 at the close. Sigurd Microelectronics Corp (TW:6257) added 10.00% or 3.75 points to end at 41.25 and Airmate Cayman International Co Ltd (TW:1626) was up 10.00% or 2.05 points to 22.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alchip Technologies Ltd (TW:3661), which lost 8.48% or 14.00 points to trade at 151.00 in late trade. Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) declined 6.87% or 3.25 points to end at 44.05 and Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) shed 6.72% or 0.54 points to 7.49.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 435 to 375 and 101 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.32% or 0.21 to $65.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.50% or 0.38 to hit $76.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1301.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.15% to 29.807, while TWD/CNY rose 0.33% to 0.2154.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.43.