Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Semiconductor sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.54% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Silergy Corp (TW:6415), which rose 10.00% or 42.00 points to trade at 462.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp (TW:6278) added 9.97% or 3.75 points to end at 41.35 and Ene Technology Inc (TW:6243) was up 9.92% or 0.88 points to 9.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BizLink Holding Inc (TW:3665), which fell 8.47% or 18.00 points to trade at 194.50 at the close. Eurocharm Holdings Co Ltd (TW:5288) declined 6.15% or 8.00 points to end at 122.00 and Daxin Materials Corp (TW:5234) was down 5.67% or 5.30 points to 88.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 461 to 308 and 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp (TW:6278) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 9.97% or 3.75 to 41.35.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.30% or 0.16 to $54.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $62.84 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1282.25 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was unchanged 0.00% to 30.864, while TWD/CNY rose 0.30% to 0.2200.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.915.