Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Glass, Optoelectronic and Information Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.14% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were AVer Information Inc (TW:3669), which rose 10.00% or 5.50 points to trade at 60.50 at the close. Anderson Industrial Corp (TW:1528) added 10.00% or 1.35 points to end at 14.85 and Ritek Corp (TW:2349) was up 10.00% or 1.65 points to 18.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which lost 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 in late trade. Fortune Electric Co Ltd (TW:1519) declined 7.78% or 79.00 points to end at 936.00 and Shunsin Technology Holdings Ltd (TW:6451) shed 7.45% or 20.50 points to 254.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.49% or 0.41 to $82.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.37% or 0.32 to hit $86.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 8.25 to trade at $2,389.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.02% to 32.40, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 104.64.