Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Electronic Parts/Components, Electricity and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492), which rose 9.98% or 28.00 points to trade at 308.50 at the close. HannStar Board Corp (TW:5469) added 9.98% or 2.65 points to end at 29.20 and Jean Co Ltd (TW:2442) was up 9.91% or 1.05 points to 11.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tung Kai Technology Engineering Co Ltd (TW:3018), which lost 9.87% or 2.95 points to trade at 26.95 in late trade. Lemtech Holdings Co Ltd (TW:4912) declined 4.91% or 11.00 points to end at 213.00 and Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262) shed 4.70% or 1.85 points to 37.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 597 to 205 and 113 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.28% or 0.19 to $68.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $76.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1211.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.18% to 30.731, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.16.