Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Semiconductor sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Optimax Technology Corp (TW:3051), which rose 10.00% or 0.51 points to trade at 5.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Chemical & Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (TW:1720) added 9.99% or 3.40 points to end at 37.45 and Shinih Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:9944) was up 9.95% or 1.85 points to 20.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1512), which fell 10.00% or 1.02 points to trade at 9.18 at the close. ALi Corp (TW:3041) declined 8.82% or 1.65 points to end at 17.05 and Young Optics Inc (TW:3504) was down 5.51% or 3.40 points to 58.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 426 to 349 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Optimax Technology Corp (TW:3051) rose to 52-week highs; rising 10.00% or 0.51 to 5.61. Shares in Standard Chemical & Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (TW:1720) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.99% or 3.40 to 37.45.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.16% or 0.09 to $56.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $62.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 5.24 to trade at $1291.26 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.04% to 30.072, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2204.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.87.