Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Glass sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Ching Feng Home Fashions Co Ltd (TW:9935), which rose 10.00% or 3.15 points to trade at 34.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Formosa Sumco Technology Corp (TW:3532) added 9.99% or 9.00 points to end at 99.10 and Eastern Media International Corp (TW:2614) was up 9.99% or 0.85 points to 9.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which fell 9.98% or 56.00 points to trade at 505.00 at the close. Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262) declined 9.88% or 7.70 points to end at 70.20 and Onano Industrial Corp (TW:6405) was down 7.17% or 2.10 points to 27.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 417 to 380 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ching Feng Home Fashions Co Ltd (TW:9935) rose to 5-year highs; up 10.00% or 3.15 to 34.65. Shares in Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262) fell to all time lows; losing 9.88% or 7.70 to 70.20.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.61% or 0.29 to $47.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.48% or 0.26 to hit $53.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.54 to trade at $1342.66 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 30.008, while TWD/CNY rose 0.56% to 0.2166.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 91.45.