Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , Glass and Communication and Internet sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sunty Develop (TW:3266), which rose 10.00% or 1.15 points to trade at 12.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Formosa Sumco (TW:3532) added 9.98% or 3.20 points to end at 35.25 and Infodisc Tech (TW:2491) was up 7.67% or 0.56 points to 7.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were China Electric (TW:1611), which fell 9.93% or 0.82 points to trade at 7.44 at the close. Shin Zu Shing (TW:3376) declined 6.31% or 6.40 points to end at 95.10 and Bestec Power (TW:3308) was down 4.21% or 0.36 points to 8.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 425 to 309 and 130 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.64% or 0.31 to $48.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.53% or 0.27 to hit $50.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1276.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.29% to 31.534, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2157.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 98.47.