Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Rubber, Communication and Internet and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Ares Int'L (TW:2471), which rose 10.00% or 1.40 points to trade at 15.40 at the close. Via Tech (TW:2388) added 9.95% or 1.00 points to end at 11.05 and Htc Corp (TW:2498) was up 9.93% or 7.60 points to 84.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitron Tech (TW:2419), which lost 9.95% or 2.10 points to trade at 19.00 in late trade. Favite (TW:3535) declined 9.84% or 1.50 points to end at 13.75 and Candmark (TW:5259) shed 9.82% or 0.38 points to 3.49.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 435 to 316 and 98 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.40% or 0.16 to $39.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.43% or 0.18 to hit $41.76 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.62% or 7.70 to trade at $1251.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.20% to 32.379, while TWD/CNY rose 0.20% to 0.2004.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 94.06.