Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Electronic Parts/Components and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 1.16% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424), which rose 9.97% or 3.40 points to trade at 37.50 at the close. X-Legend Entertainment Co Ltd (TW:4994) added 9.82% or 4.65 points to end at 52.00 and EnTie Commercial Bank Ltd (TW:2849) was up 9.77% or 1.25 points to 14.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FocalTech Systems Co Ltd (TW:3545), which lost 9.47% or 2.60 points to trade at 24.85 in late trade. Yageo Corp (TW:2327) declined 9.26% or 33.00 points to end at 323.50 and Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) shed 9.21% or 17.00 points to 167.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 661 to 172 and 74 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.27% or 0.14 to $52.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.45% or 0.28 to hit $61.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.05 to trade at $1254.65 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.11% to 30.902, while TWD/CNY fell 0.27% to 0.2223.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.417.