Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Information Services and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Cyberlink (TW:5203), which rose 9.92% or 7.00 points to trade at 77.60 at the close. Pqi (TW:6145) added 9.80% or 0.88 points to end at 9.86 and Transasia (TW:6702) was up 9.38% or 0.06 points to 0.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grape King (TW:1707), which lost 9.88% or 20.50 points to trade at 187.00 in late trade. Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) declined 4.44% or 0.75 points to end at 16.15 and Chenming Mold (TW:3013) shed 4.10% or 0.75 points to 17.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $53.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.10 to trade at $1152.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was unchanged 0.00% to 32.270, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2144.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 102.37.