Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Chemicals and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Yang Ming Mari (TW:2609), which rose 10.00% or 0.60 points to trade at 6.60 at the close. Epileds Tech (TW:4956) added 9.93% or 2.15 points to end at 23.80 and Asia Optical (TW:3019) was up 9.91% or 4.95 points to 54.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genius (TW:3406), which lost 9.85% or 25.50 points to trade at 233.50 in late trade. Tatung Co Ltd (TW:2371) declined 7.60% or 1.25 points to end at 15.20 and Formosa Sumco (TW:3532) shed 7.17% or 8.50 points to 110.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 467 to 312 and 98 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.32% or 0.17 to $53.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.85 to trade at $1234.25 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.13% to 30.814, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 100.94.