Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Shihlin Electric & Engineering Corp (TW:1503), which rose 9.96% or 4.60 points to trade at 50.80 at the close. Jentech Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3653) added 9.95% or 8.20 points to end at 90.60 and Ruentex Materials Co Ltd (TW:8463) was up 9.89% or 2.65 points to 29.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ritek Corp (TW:2349), which lost 9.80% or 1.450 points to trade at 13.350 in late trade. Syscom Computer Engineering Co (TW:2453) declined 7.09% or 0.90 points to end at 11.80 and Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425) shed 6.81% or 3.25 points to 44.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 511 to 295 and 105 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.13% or 0.09 to $68.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $78.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1200.70 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.09% to 30.800, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2219.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 94.49.