Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels, Cement and Cement & Glass sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were HTC Corp (TW:2498), which rose 10.00% or 3.85 points to trade at 42.35 at the close. Meanwhile, HannsTouch Solution Inc (TW:3049) added 10.00% or 0.66 points to end at 7.26 and Airtac International Group (TW:1590) was up 9.96% or 26.00 points to 287.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asmedia Technology Inc (TW:5269), which fell 9.94% or 47.00 points to trade at 426.00 at the close. Career Technology MFG Co Ltd (TW:6153) declined 6.81% or 2.30 points to end at 31.45 and Hitron Technologies Inc (TW:2419) was down 6.67% or 1.35 points to 18.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 420 to 390 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Career Technology MFG Co Ltd (TW:6153) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.81% or 2.30 to 31.45.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.43% or 0.86 to $61.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.05% or 1.44 to hit $71.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1207.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.28% to 30.875, while TWD/CNY fell 0.18% to 0.2254.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 97.20.