Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Cement and Cement & Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aces Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3605), which rose 10.00% or 1.65 points to trade at 18.15 at the close. Shunsin Technology Holdings Ltd (TW:6451) added 10.00% or 6.30 points to end at 69.30 and Iron Force Industrial Co Ltd (TW:2228) was up 9.98% or 6.30 points to 69.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Global Unichip Corp (TW:3443), which lost 9.93% or 22.00 points to trade at 199.50 in late trade. Pharmally International Holding Co Ltd (TW:6452) declined 9.79% or 18.50 points to end at 170.50 and United Microelectronics Corporation (TW:2303) shed 9.66% or 1.15 points to 10.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 409 to 383 and 110 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.41% or 0.26 to $62.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $72.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1234.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.42% to 30.733, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.23.