Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Other sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sumagh High-Te (TW:1475), which rose 9.98% or 0.87 points to trade at 9.59 at the close. Ritek (TW:2349) added 8.22% or 0.250 points to end at 3.290 and Microtek Intl (TW:2305) was up 8.16% or 0.80 points to 10.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Victory (TW:1340), which lost 8.32% or 5.10 points to trade at 56.20 in late trade. Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418) declined 6.37% or 0.29 points to end at 4.26 and Macronix (TW:2337) shed 5.97% or 0.240 points to 3.780.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 533 to 224 and 95 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.16% or 0.07 to $44.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.48% or 6.40 to trade at $1325.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.22% to 32.136, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2075.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 97.47.