Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Electricity and Electronic Parts/Components sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465), which rose 10.00% or 0.67 points to trade at 7.37 at the close. Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) added 9.83% or 2.60 points to end at 29.05 and Jenn Feng New Energy Co Ltd (TW:1538) was up 8.72% or 0.76 points to 9.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merry Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2439), which lost 6.93% or 12.50 points to trade at 168.00 in late trade. Tripod Technology Corp (TW:3044) declined 6.56% or 6.30 points to end at 89.80 and RichWave Technology Corp (TW:4968) shed 6.12% or 7.50 points to 115.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.14% or 0.07 to $49.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $52.45 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 0.97 to trade at $1267.13 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.23% to 30.203, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2271.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.33.