Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Glass, Biotech & Medical Care and Computers & Peripherals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3296), which rose 9.98% or 2.90 points to trade at 31.95 at the close. Infortrend Technology Inc (TW:2495) added 9.97% or 2.95 points to end at 32.55 and Abonmax Co Ltd (TW:2429) was up 9.94% or 3.20 points to 35.40 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. Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) declined 7.08% or 23.00 points to end at 302.00 and Transcend Information Inc (TW:2451) shed 5.74% or 7.00 points to 115.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.53% or 0.43 to $81.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.53% or 0.45 to hit $85.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 7.20 to trade at $2,332.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.03% to 32.51, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.04% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 105.19.