Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Optoelectronic and Electronic Parts/Components sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Ruentex Materials Co Ltd (TW:8463), which rose 10.00% or 3.00 points to trade at 33.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Lotes Co Ltd (TW:3533) added 10.00% or 15.00 points to end at 165.00 and RichWave Technology Corp (TW:4968) was up 9.94% or 3.60 points to 39.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharmally International Holding Co Ltd (TW:6452), which fell 9.96% or 53.50 points to trade at 483.50 at the close. Elan Microelectronics Corp (TW:2458) declined 9.04% or 5.20 points to end at 52.30 and Hsin Ba Ba Corp (TW:9906) was down 7.02% or 0.68 points to 9.01.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 620 to 222 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hsin Ba Ba Corp (TW:9906) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.02% or 0.68 to 9.01.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.68% or 0.47 to $69.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.69% or 0.55 to hit $80.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1229.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.15% to 30.858, while TWD/CNY rose 0.27% to 0.2259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.26.