Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Plastic and Electronic Parts/Components sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026), which rose 10.00% or 8.80 points to trade at 96.80 at the close. Meanwhile, HannStar Board Corp (TW:5469) added 9.98% or 2.05 points to end at 22.60 and AVerMedia Technologies Inc (TW:2417) was up 9.88% or 1.25 points to 13.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shuttle Inc (TW:2405), which fell 7.14% or 1.70 points to trade at 22.10 at the close. Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406) declined 5.83% or 18.50 points to end at 299.00 and Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) was down 4.85% or 0.55 points to 10.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 387 to 350 and 145 ended unchanged.
Shares in Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026) rose to all time highs; up 10.00% or 8.80 to 96.80. Shares in HannStar Board Corp (TW:5469) rose to 5-year highs; rising 9.98% or 2.05 to 22.60. Shares in Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.85% or 0.55 to 10.80.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.54% or 0.31 to $57.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.51% or 0.32 to hit $63.55 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1259.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.05% to 29.992, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2196.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.36.