Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Rubber, Semiconductor and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388), which rose 10.00% or 1.60 points to trade at 17.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Yad Construction Co Ltd (TW:1316) added 10.00% or 1.75 points to end at 19.25 and APCB Inc (TW:6108) was up 9.98% or 2.35 points to 25.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526), which fell 7.36% or 5.80 points to trade at 73.00 at the close. Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corp (TW:4725) declined 6.99% or 1.90 points to end at 25.30 and Test Research Inc (TW:3030) was down 6.73% or 3.70 points to 51.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 535 to 279 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388) rose to 3-years highs; up 10.00% or 1.60 to 17.60.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.15% or 0.68 to $59.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.04% or 0.65 to hit $63.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 9.50 to trade at $1325.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.03% to 29.311, while TWD/CNY rose 0.42% to 0.2153.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 90.04.