Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , Electricity and Electronic Parts/Components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Rexon Industrial Corp Ltd (TW:1515), which rose 9.97% or 4.35 points to trade at 48.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) added 9.97% or 6.40 points to end at 70.60 and Advanced Power Electronics Corp (TW:8261) was up 9.90% or 5.00 points to 55.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492), which fell 6.89% or 30.00 points to trade at 405.50 at the close. Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) declined 6.41% or 1.35 points to end at 19.70 and Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026) was down 5.84% or 14.50 points to 234.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 422 to 371 and 120 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.93% or 0.65 to $69.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.85% or 0.64 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1244.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.11% to 30.545, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2196.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.33.
