Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Textile, Semiconductor and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aver (TW:3669), which rose 9.91% or 1.60 points to trade at 17.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Hsin Ba Ba (TW:9906) added 9.00% or 1.90 points to end at 23.00 and Unitech Printed Circuit Board (TW:2367) was up 7.21% or 0.75 points to 11.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tainan Cayman (TW:5906), which fell 5.82% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.780 at the close. Abnova (TW:4133) declined 4.57% or 1.80 points to end at 37.55 and Paiho Shih (TW:8404) was down 4.33% or 1.65 points to 36.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 507 to 237 and 109 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.78% or 0.38 to $49.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.71% or 0.35 to hit $49.99 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1243.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.25% to 32.355, while TWD/CNY fell 0.24% to 0.2048.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 94.23.