Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.76% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were LongDa Construction & Development Corp (TW:5519), which rose 10.00% or 1.15 points to trade at 12.65 at the close. Maxigen Biotech Inc (TW:1783) added 9.99% or 3.55 points to end at 39.10 and Yageo Corp (TW:2327) was up 9.97% or 62.00 points to 684.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accton Technology Corp (TW:2345), which lost 9.82% or 7.50 points to trade at 68.90 in late trade. Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Ltd (TW:6271) declined 9.75% or 11.50 points to end at 106.50 and ITEQ Corp (TW:6213) shed 9.49% or 6.50 points to 62.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 530 to 266 and 116 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.25% or 0.17 to $68.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.20 to trade at $1336.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.20% to 29.526, while TWD/CNY fell 0.19% to 0.2134.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.15.