Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Cement, Other Electronic and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 1.26% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388), which rose 9.98% or 2.20 points to trade at 24.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) added 9.97% or 5.70 points to end at 62.90 and Chia Ta World Co Ltd (TW:2033) was up 9.97% or 1.50 points to 16.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465), which fell 9.95% or 2.85 points to trade at 25.80 at the close. Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425) declined 8.54% or 2.70 points to end at 28.90 and Globe Industries Corp (TW:1324) was down 8.03% or 1.20 points to 13.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 509 to 308 and 97 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.10% or 0.06 to $61.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $65.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1323.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.17% to 29.305, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2164.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.00.