Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.07% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Southeast Cement Co Ltd (TW:1110), which rose 10.00% or 1.55 points to trade at 17.05 at the close. Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1512) added 9.90% or 0.77 points to end at 8.55 and GeoVision Inc (TW:3356) was up 9.88% or 2.80 points to 31.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519), which lost 10.00% or 0.33 points to trade at 2.97 in late trade. Tatung Co (TW:2371) declined 9.83% or 2.65 points to end at 24.30 and San Chih Semiconductor Inc Ltd (TW:3579) shed 7.12% or 0.47 points to 6.13.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 473 to 312 and 122 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.39% or 0.18 to $45.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $54.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 7.25 to trade at $1265.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 30.812, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2238.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.333.