Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Machinery and Semiconductor sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co Ltd (TW:2421), which rose 10.00% or 5.20 points to trade at 57.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) added 9.97% or 0.77 points to end at 8.49 and Rexon Industrial Corp Ltd (TW:1515) was up 9.91% or 4.45 points to 49.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FarGlory Hotel Co Ltd (TW:2712), which fell 5.41% or 1.45 points to trade at 25.35 at the close. Lily Textile Co Ltd (TW:1443) declined 4.52% or 0.28 points to end at 5.91 and Paragon Technologies Co Ltd (TW:3518) was down 4.51% or 2.00 points to 42.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 576 to 179 and 116 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co Ltd (TW:2421) rose to all time highs; rising 10.00% or 5.20 to 57.20. Shares in Rexon Industrial Corp Ltd (TW:1515) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.91% or 4.45 to 49.35.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.23% or 0.12 to $51.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $56.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 8.40 to trade at $1276.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.24% to 30.403, while TWD/CNY fell 0.46% to 0.2184.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.29.