Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Other and Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Yungtay Engineering Co Ltd (TW:1507), which rose 9.88% or 5.10 points to trade at 56.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Feng Tay Enterprises Co Ltd (TW:9910) added 8.15% or 14.50 points to end at 192.50 and Taisol Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3338) was up 6.75% or 1.35 points to 21.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lemtech Holdings Co Ltd (TW:4912), which fell 10.00% or 16.00 points to trade at 144.00 at the close. Loop Telecommunication International Inc (TW:3025) declined 10.00% or 1.90 points to end at 17.10 and Ruentex Industries Ltd (TW:2915) was down 9.94% or 8.40 points to 76.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 451 to 358 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ruentex Industries Ltd (TW:2915) fell to 3-years highs; losing 9.94% or 8.40 to 76.10.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.38% or 0.26 to $67.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.45% or 0.35 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1234.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.02% to 30.983, while TWD/CNY fell 0.36% to 0.2241.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.22.