Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Electricity and Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Oceanic Beverages Co Inc (TW:1213), which rose 9.70% or 1.15 points to trade at 13.00 at the close. Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:3019) added 6.67% or 8.00 points to end at 128.00 and Alchip Technologies Ltd (TW:3661) was up 5.65% or 155.00 points to 2,900.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which lost 10.00% or 2.20 points to trade at 19.80 in late trade. AzureWave Technologies Inc (TW:3694) declined 9.93% or 5.35 points to end at 48.55 and Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) shed 9.85% or 0.39 points to 3.57.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.23% or 0.88 to $70.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.46% or 0.34 to hit $74.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 4.04 to trade at $2,671.76 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.10% to 32.48, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.13% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 106.50.