Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Other Electronic and Optoelectronic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Ace Pillar Co Ltd (TW:8374), which rose 9.97% or 1.80 points to trade at 19.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Elite Advanced Laser Corp (TW:3450) added 9.96% or 5.40 points to end at 59.60 and ScinoPharm Taiwan Ltd (TW:1789) was up 9.91% or 2.30 points to 25.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519), which fell 9.94% or 0.93 points to trade at 8.43 at the close. Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) declined 8.85% or 3.30 points to end at 34.00 and Jenn Feng New Energy Co Ltd (TW:1538) was down 4.91% or 0.27 points to 5.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 586 to 206 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519) fell to all time lows; down 9.94% or 0.93 to 8.43.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.29% or 0.73 to $57.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.91% or 0.61 to hit $67.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.10 to trade at $1219.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.44% to 30.922, while TWD/CNY rose 0.04% to 0.2263.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.35.