Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Optimax Technology Corp (TW:3051), which rose 10.00% or 0.51 points to trade at 5.61 at the close. Standard Chemical & Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (TW:1720) added 9.99% or 3.40 points to end at 37.45 and Shinih Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:9944) was up 9.95% or 1.85 points to 20.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1512), which lost 10.00% or 1.02 points to trade at 9.18 in late trade. ALi Corp (TW:3041) declined 8.82% or 1.65 points to end at 17.05 and Young Optics Inc (TW:3504) shed 5.51% or 3.40 points to 58.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 426 to 349 and 102 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.16% or 0.09 to $56.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $62.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 5.25 to trade at $1291.25 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.04% to 30.072, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2204.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.87.