Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.31% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229), which rose 10.00% or 2.40 points to trade at 26.40 at the close. Scientech Corp (TW:3583) added 9.93% or 5.40 points to end at 59.80 and Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) was up 9.90% or 3.60 points to 39.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1512), which lost 5.26% or 0.70 points to trade at 12.60 in late trade. Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) declined 4.78% or 0.70 points to end at 13.95 and Silitech Technology Corp (TW:3311) shed 4.11% or 0.75 points to 17.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 554 to 232 and 94 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.21% or 0.52 to $43.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.20% or 0.55 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 0.98 to trade at $1255.42 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.13% to 30.347, while TWD/CNY rose 0.04% to 0.2260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.98.