Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Electronic Parts/Components, Textile and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Optotech Corp (TW:2340), which rose 9.93% or 2.75 points to trade at 30.45 at the close. Teapo Electronic Corp (TW:2375) added 9.92% or 7.30 points to end at 80.90 and Edimax Technology Co Ltd (TW:3047) was up 9.64% or 0.95 points to 10.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Young Optics Inc (TW:3504), which lost 9.97% or 16.00 points to trade at 144.50 in late trade. Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383) declined 7.61% or 0.28 points to end at 3.40 and China Steel Structure Co Ltd (TW:2013) shed 7.10% or 2.20 points to 28.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.62% or 1.05 to $63.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.64% or 0.47 to hit $72.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1281.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.05% to 30.163, while TWD/CNY fell 0.23% to 0.2143.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.62.