Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Electricity, Glass and Other Electronic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Yageo Corp (TW:2327), which rose 10.00% or 83.00 points to trade at 913.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Carnival Industrial Corp (TW:1417) added 10.00% or 0.45 points to end at 4.95 and Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026) was up 9.98% or 21.50 points to 237.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eastern Technologies Holding Ltd (TW:5225), which fell 10.00% or 2.65 points to trade at 23.85 at the close. Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) declined 9.90% or 5.10 points to end at 46.40 and Sintronic Technology Inc (TW:3536) was down 9.84% or 1.50 points to 13.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 408 to 397 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yageo Corp (TW:2327) rose to 5-year highs; up 10.00% or 83.00 to 913.00. Shares in Eastern Technologies Holding Ltd (TW:5225) fell to all time lows; down 10.00% or 2.65 to 23.85. Shares in Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026) rose to all time highs; rising 9.98% or 21.50 to 237.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.37% or 0.26 to $70.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.44% or 0.34 to hit $76.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1320.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.03% to 29.772, while TWD/CNY rose 0.23% to 0.2136.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 92.36.