Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Meiloon Industrial Co Ltd (TW:2477), which rose 9.93% or 2.90 points to trade at 32.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamma Optical Co Ltd (TW:3557) added 9.90% or 1.450 points to end at 16.100 and Nuvoton Technology Corp (TW:4919) was up 9.87% or 6.80 points to 75.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Spirox Corp (TW:3055), which fell 9.89% or 3.70 points to trade at 33.70 at the close. Kuo Yang Construction Co Ltd (TW:2505) declined 6.36% or 1.10 points to end at 16.20 and Kung Sing Engineering Corp (TW:5521) was down 5.52% or 0.95 points to 16.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 434 to 357 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gamma Optical Co Ltd (TW:3557) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.90% or 1.450 to 16.100.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.24% or 0.16 to $66.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $70.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.70 to trade at $1346.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.14% to 29.154, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2166.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.04.