Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Electronic Parts/Components, Electricity and Semiconductor sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 1.25% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 36.00 points to trade at 396.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) added 9.95% or 28.00 points to end at 309.50 and Yageo Corp (TW:2327) was up 9.93% or 88.00 points to 974.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444), which fell 9.83% or 2.65 points to trade at 24.30 at the close. Mospec Semiconductor Corp (TW:2434) declined 6.44% or 1.05 points to end at 15.25 and Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) was down 6.00% or 2.70 points to 42.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 583 to 220 and 112 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.69% or 0.49 to $71.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.79% or 0.62 to hit $79.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.80 to trade at $1283.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.19% to 30.003, while TWD/CNY fell 0.14% to 0.2124.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.87.