Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Cement and Cement & Glass sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Kinko Optical (TW:6209), which rose 9.97% or 2.95 points to trade at 32.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Long Chen Pape (TW:1909) added 9.90% or 2.55 points to end at 28.30 and Tri Ocean Text (TW:1472) was up 9.79% or 1.40 points to 15.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Formosa Sumco (TW:3532), which fell 10.00% or 9.70 points to trade at 87.30 at the close. Green Seal (TW:1262) declined 9.85% or 16.50 points to end at 151.00 and In-Win Dev (TW:6117) was down 9.77% or 2.10 points to 19.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 481 to 279 and 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kinko Optical (TW:6209) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 9.97% or 2.95 to 32.55.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.64% or 0.32 to $49.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.74% or 0.39 to hit $52.83 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.32% or 17.08 to trade at $1272.02 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.27% to 30.273, while TWD/CNY rose 1.10% to 0.2297.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 99.16.