Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , Electronic Products Distribution and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Action Eltr (TW:3024), which rose 10.00% or 0.680 points to trade at 7.480 at the close. Meanwhile, Pec (TW:4916) added 9.97% or 3.65 points to end at 40.25 and Chiu Ting Mach (TW:1539) was up 9.89% or 2.35 points to 26.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Transasia (TW:6702), which fell 9.78% or 0.27 points to trade at 2.49 at the close. Hannstar Board (TW:5469) declined 9.26% or 1.95 points to end at 19.10 and Wt Microelectr (TW:3036) was down 8.59% or 3.90 points to 41.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 508 to 283 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Transasia (TW:6702) fell to all time lows; down 9.78% or 0.27 to 2.49.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.08% or 0.56 to $51.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.01% or 0.55 to hit $53.91 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1177.65 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.32% to 32.009, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2156.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.63% at 101.38.