Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Information Services and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Waffer Tech (TW:6235), which rose 9.88% or 0.98 points to trade at 10.90 at the close. Mbi (TW:1783) added 8.46% or 2.20 points to end at 28.20 and Svbi (TW:1786) was up 6.74% or 4.30 points to 68.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiu Ting Mach (TW:1539), which lost 9.93% or 3.40 points to trade at 30.85 in late trade. Yoko Tech (TW:6131) declined 9.90% or 2.60 points to end at 23.65 and Weltrend Semic (TW:2436) shed 9.86% or 2.45 points to 22.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 586 to 254 and 3 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $51.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $57.04 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.67% or 18.90 to trade at $1113.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.46% to 31.165, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.1989.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 98.05.