Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Other Electronic and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Ace Pillar Co Ltd (TW:8374), which rose 9.97% or 1.80 points to trade at 19.85 at the close. Elite Advanced Laser Corp (TW:3450) added 9.96% or 5.40 points to end at 59.60 and ScinoPharm Taiwan Ltd (TW:1789) was up 9.91% or 2.30 points to 25.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519), which lost 9.94% or 0.93 points to trade at 8.43 in late trade. Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) declined 8.85% or 3.30 points to end at 34.00 and Jenn Feng New Energy Co Ltd (TW:1538) shed 4.91% or 0.27 points to 5.23.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 586 to 206 and 109 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.29% or 0.73 to $57.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.91% or 0.61 to hit $67.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.00 to trade at $1220.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.43% to 30.919, while TWD/CNY rose 0.04% to 0.2263.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.35.