Taiwan stocks lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 0.30%

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Computers & Peripherals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Vivotek Inc (TW:3454 ), which rose 10.00% or 11.00 points to trade at 121.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101 ) added 9.94% or 1.80 points to end at 19.90 and Adimmune Corp (TW:4142 ) was up 9.83% or 2.25 points to 25.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Favite Inc (TW:3535 ), which fell 8.78% or 4.45 points to trade at 46.25 at the close. Hsin Ba Ba Corp (TW:9906 ) declined 7.66% or 8.50 points to end at 102.50 and Action Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3024 ) was down 7.57% or 1.45 points to 17.70.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.73% or 1.31 to $77.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.89% or 1.51 to hit $81.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.41 to trade at $2,714.59 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was unchanged 0.01% to 33.11, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 109.67.

Source: Investing.com