Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Machinery, Chemicals and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Basso Indu (TW:1527), which rose 10.00% or 5.00 points to trade at 55.00 at the close. Faraday Tech (TW:3035) added 9.98% or 4.25 points to end at 46.85 and Y.C.C. (TW:1339) was up 9.97% or 4.75 points to 52.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wei Chih Steel (TW:2028), which lost 10.00% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.35 in late trade. Tainan Cayman (TW:5906) declined 3.99% or 0.11 points to end at 2.65 and Compeq Mftg (TW:2313) shed 3.92% or 0.95 points to 23.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 647 to 194 and 2 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.79% or 0.36 to $45.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.76% or 0.36 to hit $48.49 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.00 to trade at $1134.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.26% to 32.790, while TWD/CNY rose 0.26% to 0.1942.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 95.88.