Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Computers & Peripherals and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Yageo Corp (TW:2327), which rose 10.00% or 56.00 points to trade at 616.00 at the close. Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406) added 10.00% or 37.00 points to end at 407.00 and Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) was up 9.92% or 3.85 points to 42.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chia Ta World Co Ltd (TW:2033), which lost 8.10% or 1.15 points to trade at 13.05 in late trade. Paiho Shih Holdings Corp (TW:8404) declined 7.87% or 4.40 points to end at 51.50 and Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425) shed 6.99% or 1.85 points to 24.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 562 to 264 and 92 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.02% or 0.69 to $66.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.14% or 0.83 to hit $71.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.90 to trade at $1346.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.29% to 29.410, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2146.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.47.