Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Trading & Consumer Goods and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Evermore Chemical Industry Co Ltd (TW:1735), which rose 9.94% or 1.55 points to trade at 17.15 at the close. Career Technology MFG Co Ltd (TW:6153) added 9.89% or 3.15 points to end at 35.00 and Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) was up 9.73% or 1.60 points to 18.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airtac International Group (TW:1590), which lost 4.66% or 22.00 points to trade at 450.00 in late trade. Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406) declined 4.30% or 16.00 points to end at 356.00 and Shiny Chemical Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1773) shed 4.14% or 3.40 points to 78.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 389 to 373 and 114 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.29% or 0.15 to $51.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $57.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1277.65 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.09% to 30.262, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2185.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 93.64.