Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Transport, Textile and Iron & Steel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Taroko Textile Corp (TW:1432), which rose 10.00% or 1.55 points to trade at 17.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Mercuries Data Systems Ltd (TW:2427) added 9.92% or 0.77 points to end at 8.53 and Min Aik Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:4545) was up 9.89% or 3.50 points to 38.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444), which fell 4.34% or 0.75 points to trade at 16.55 at the close. Global View Co Ltd (TW:3040) declined 4.02% or 1.70 points to end at 40.55 and Hsin Ba Ba Corp (TW:9906) was down 4.02% or 0.90 points to 21.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 428 to 345 and 105 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.39% or 0.18 to $46.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $48.90 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.22 to trade at $1237.08 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.02% to 30.426, while TWD/CNY fell 0.27% to 0.2229.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 95.54.