Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Semiconductor, Auto and Computers & Peripherals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Formosa Lab (TW:4746), which rose 9.97% or 6.90 points to trade at 76.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Logah (TW:3593) added 9.97% or 0.89 points to end at 9.82 and Nuvoton (TW:4919) was up 9.94% or 3.50 points to 38.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418), which fell 8.18% or 0.45 points to trade at 5.05 at the close. Nantex Industr (TW:2108) declined 6.02% or 1.65 points to end at 25.75 and Hannstar Touch (TW:3049) was down 5.59% or 0.45 points to 7.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 496 to 341 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Formosa Lab (TW:4746) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.97% or 6.90 to 76.10. Shares in Nuvoton (TW:4919) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.94% or 3.50 to 38.70.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.86% or 0.34 to $39.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.01% or 0.43 to hit $42.78 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.50 to trade at $1084.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.26% to 32.734, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.1948.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.41.