Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels, Machinery and Glass sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were GeoVision Inc (TW:3356), which rose 10.00% or 2.70 points to trade at 29.70 at the close. Meanwhile, RichWave Technology Corp (TW:4968) added 10.00% or 4.30 points to end at 47.30 and Hsin Ba Ba Corp (TW:9906) was up 10.00% or 0.90 points to 9.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharmally International Holding Co Ltd (TW:6452), which fell 5.86% or 9.50 points to trade at 152.50 at the close. Swancor Holding Co Ltd (TW:3708) declined 5.59% or 4.00 points to end at 67.50 and Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519) was down 5.57% or 0.38 points to 6.44.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 692 to 137 and 79 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.31% or 0.66 to $51.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.69% or 1.00 to hit $60.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1231.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.24% to 30.872, while TWD/CNY fell 0.13% to 0.2241.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.762.