Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 1.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aurotek Corp (TW:6215), which rose 9.99% or 7.60 points to trade at 83.70 at the close. KYE Systems Corp (TW:2365) added 9.93% or 4.20 points to end at 46.50 and Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) was up 9.84% or 1.55 points to 17.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bonny Worldwide Ltd (TW:8467), which lost 9.99% or 34.50 points to trade at 311.00 in late trade. Shin Tai Industry Co Ltd (TW:1235) declined 9.95% or 10.20 points to end at 92.30 and Chung Fu Tex-International Corp (TW:1435) shed 9.90% or 3.50 points to 31.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.43% or 0.30 to $69.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $72.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 4.84 to trade at $2,640.26 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.18% to 32.69, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.13% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 107.52.