Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Plastic and Electronic Parts/Components sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026), which rose 10.00% or 8.80 points to trade at 96.80 at the close. HannStar Board Corp (TW:5469) added 9.98% or 2.05 points to end at 22.60 and AVerMedia Technologies Inc (TW:2417) was up 9.88% or 1.25 points to 13.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shuttle Inc (TW:2405), which lost 7.14% or 1.70 points to trade at 22.10 in late trade. Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406) declined 5.83% or 18.50 points to end at 299.00 and Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) shed 4.85% or 0.55 points to 10.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 387 to 350 and 145 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.54% or 0.31 to $57.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.51% or 0.32 to hit $63.55 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1259.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.05% to 29.992, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2196.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.36.