Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction, Transport and Other sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Awea Mechantronic Co Ltd (TW:1530), which rose 10.00% or 3.30 points to trade at 36.30 at the close. Chaun-Choung Technology Corp (TW:6230) added 10.00% or 23.00 points to end at 253.00 and JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW:2540) was up 9.94% or 18.00 points to 199.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which lost 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 in late trade. Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and EZconn Corp (TW:6442) shed 9.23% or 41.50 points to 408.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.60% or 0.44 to $73.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.71% or 0.55 to hit $76.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.15 to trade at $2,529.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.13% to 32.05, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.60.