Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Semiconductor and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.68% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786), which rose 9.93% or 4.05 points to trade at 44.85 at the close. Power Quotient International Co Ltd (TW:6145) added 9.84% or 1.25 points to end at 13.95 and Universal Microelectronics Co Ltd (TW:2413) was up 9.75% or 1.15 points to 12.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW:2540), which lost 6.21% or 1.80 points to trade at 27.20 in late trade. New Palace International Co Ltd (TW:8940) declined 4.18% or 0.65 points to end at 14.90 and Qisda Corp (TW:2352) shed 3.51% or 0.85 points to 23.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 475 to 292 and 108 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.11% or 0.53 to $48.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.10% or 0.55 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.95 to trade at $1282.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.04% to 30.095, while TWD/CNY fell 0.26% to 0.2266.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 96.76.