Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Taliang (TW:3167), which rose 10.00% or 2.60 points to trade at 28.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Via Tech (TW:2388) added 9.76% or 1.00 points to end at 11.25 and Cci (TW:6230) was up 6.96% or 9.50 points to 146.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165), which fell 9.74% or 1.50 points to trade at 13.90 at the close. K Laser (TW:2461) declined 9.59% or 1.85 points to end at 17.45 and Phihong (TW:2457) was down 8.56% or 1.10 points to 11.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 526 to 253 and 95 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.46% or 0.25 to $53.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.40% or 0.23 to hit $56.87 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1173.55 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.31% to 32.155, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2154.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 102.38.