Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Via Tech (TW:2388), which rose 10.00% or 1.35 points to trade at 14.85 at the close. Chien Shing Ss (TW:2025) added 9.94% or 0.18 points to end at 1.99 and Shun On (TW:6283) was up 9.93% or 0.53 points to 5.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aopen (TW:3046), which lost 5.99% or 0.47 points to trade at 7.37 in late trade. Tsrc (TW:2103) declined 5.32% or 1.65 points to end at 29.35 and Hiti Digital (TW:3494) shed 4.84% or 0.75 points to 14.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 455 to 284 and 112 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 5.03% or 2.10 to $39.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 4.73% or 2.04 to hit $41.06 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1235.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.22% to 32.415, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2003.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 94.78.