Taiwan shares higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.49%

Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Plastic, Oil, Gas&Electricity and Information Services sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.49%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chia Ta World Co Ltd (TW:2033), which rose 10.00% or 1.60 points to trade at 17.60 at the close. Eson Precision Ind Co Ltd (TW:5243) added 10.00% or 5.70 points to end at 62.70 and Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424) was up 10.00% or 5.60 points to 61.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which lost 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 in late trade. Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Prime Electronics&Satellitics Inc (TW:6152) shed 6.08% or 1.20 points to 18.55.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.22% or 0.15 to $67.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $71.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 5.00 to trade at $2,615.70 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was down 0.34% to 31.84, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.36% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.51.