Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Other and Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Yungtay Engineering Co Ltd (TW:1507), which rose 9.88% or 5.10 points to trade at 56.70 at the close. Feng Tay Enterprises Co Ltd (TW:9910) added 8.15% or 14.50 points to end at 192.50 and Taisol Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3338) was up 6.75% or 1.35 points to 21.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lemtech Holdings Co Ltd (TW:4912), which lost 10.00% or 16.00 points to trade at 144.00 in late trade. Loop Telecommunication International Inc (TW:3025) declined 10.00% or 1.90 points to end at 17.10 and Ruentex Industries Ltd (TW:2915) shed 9.94% or 8.40 points to 76.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 451 to 358 and 92 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.38% or 0.26 to $67.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.45% or 0.35 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1234.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.02% to 30.983, while TWD/CNY fell 0.36% to 0.2241.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.22.