Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Machinery, Optoelectronic and Electronic Parts/Components sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chang Type (TW:1541), which rose 9.98% or 5.40 points to trade at 59.50 at the close. Orise Tech (TW:3545) added 9.95% or 3.15 points to end at 34.80 and Kyet (TW:5225) was up 9.94% or 3.15 points to 34.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wei Chih Steel (TW:2028), which lost 7.61% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.820 in late trade. Tainan Cayman (TW:5906) declined 6.15% or 0.400 points to end at 6.100 and Benq Materials (TW:8215) shed 5.50% or 0.85 points to 14.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 532 to 212 and 105 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.61% or 0.27 to $44.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $46.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.75 to trade at $1329.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.74% to 31.458, while TWD/CNY rose 0.10% to 0.2107.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 95.65.