Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , Electricity and Machinery sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW: 1512 ), which rose 9.94% or 0.82 points to trade at 9.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Ji-Haw Industrial Co Ltd (TW: 3011 ) added 9.65% or 1.10 points to end at 12.50 and Eclat Textile Co Ltd (TW: 1476 ) was up 8.88% or 38.00 points to 466.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW: 9958 ), which fell 10.00% or 24.50 points to trade at 220.50 at the close. Cosmo Electronics Corp (TW: 2466 ) declined 7.73% or 7.00 points to end at 83.50 and AV Tech Corp (TW: 8072 ) was down 6.71% or 3.20 points to 44.50.

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

Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.20% or 0.13 to $66.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.29% or 0.20 to hit $68.10 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 22.75 to trade at $3,323.75 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.30% to 29.00, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.12% to 0.25.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.76.