Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Electricity and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Transasia (TW:6702), which rose 9.09% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.08 at the close. Kindom Constr (TW:2520) added 8.61% or 1.70 points to end at 21.45 and Evertex (TW:1470) was up 6.22% or 1.15 points to 19.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pec (TW:4916), which lost 9.89% or 3.70 points to trade at 33.70 in late trade. Genius (TW:3406) declined 9.79% or 11.50 points to end at 106.00 and Gemtek Tech (TW:4906) shed 6.45% or 1.65 points to 23.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 608 to 169 and 91 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.53% or 0.28 to $53.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.34% or 0.19 to hit $55.40 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.49% or 5.55 to trade at $1142.95 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.05% to 31.978, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2176.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 102.61.