Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Glass and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 1.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439), which rose 10.00% or 3.10 points to trade at 34.10 at the close. Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) added 10.00% or 1.85 points to end at 20.35 and Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) was up 9.99% or 4.40 points to 48.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Headway Advanced Materials Inc (TW:1776), which lost 9.17% or 1.55 points to trade at 15.35 in late trade. Chilisin Electronics Corp (TW:2456) declined 7.29% or 7.80 points to end at 99.20 and ADLINK Technology Inc (TW:6166) shed 7.26% or 3.05 points to 38.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 502 to 341 and 68 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.88% or 0.63 to $71.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.22% or 0.98 to hit $81.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.20 to trade at $1227.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.00% to 30.905, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2239.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.97.