Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Ching Feng Home Fashions Co Ltd (TW:9935), which rose 10.00% or 3.15 points to trade at 34.65 at the close. Formosa Sumco Technology Corp (TW:3532) added 9.99% or 9.00 points to end at 99.10 and Eastern Media International Corp (TW:2614) was up 9.99% or 0.85 points to 9.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which lost 9.98% or 56.00 points to trade at 505.00 in late trade. Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262) declined 9.88% or 7.70 points to end at 70.20 and Onano Industrial Corp (TW:6405) shed 7.17% or 2.10 points to 27.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 417 to 380 and 80 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.61% or 0.29 to $47.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.43% or 0.23 to hit $53.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.53 to trade at $1342.67 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 30.009, while TWD/CNY rose 0.56% to 0.2166.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 91.44.