Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Iron & Steel, Cement and Cement & Glass sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.26% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Gem Terminal (TW:2460), which rose 9.94% or 0.81 points to trade at 8.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Accton (TW:2345) added 9.94% or 4.30 points to end at 47.55 and Sintronic Tech (TW:3536) was up 9.91% or 1.10 points to 12.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418), which fell 5.32% or 0.24 points to trade at 4.27 at the close. Tex-Ray (TW:1467) declined 4.97% or 0.75 points to end at 14.35 and Lily Textile (TW:1443) was down 3.44% or 0.17 points to 4.77.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 501 to 247 and 104 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.45% or 0.22 to $49.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.54% or 0.27 to hit $50.62 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.11% or 14.85 to trade at $1353.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.10% to 32.180, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2074.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 95.69.