Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Communication and Internet, Trading & Consumer Goods and Hotels sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.04% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Advanced Power (TW:8261), which rose 9.98% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Solytech (TW:1471) added 9.96% or 0.48 points to end at 5.30 and Inventec Besta (TW:8201) was up 9.73% or 1.25 points to 14.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aopen (TW:3046), which fell 9.97% or 0.57 points to trade at 5.15 at the close. Eson (TW:5243) declined 6.84% or 3.55 points to end at 48.35 and Genius (TW:3406) was down 5.91% or 14.00 points to 223.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 426 to 354 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inventec Besta (TW:8201) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.73% or 1.25 to 14.10.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.83% or 0.41 to $48.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.66% or 0.34 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.05 to trade at $1234.25 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.20% to 30.473, while TWD/CNY fell 0.22% to 0.2254.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 99.95.