Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Electronic Parts/Components and Semiconductor sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 2.53% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Novatek Microelectronics Corp (TW:3034), which rose 10.00% or 13.00 points to trade at 143.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Yageo Corp (TW:2327) added 10.00% or 37.00 points to end at 407.00 and Space Shuttle Hi-Tech Co Ltd (TW:2440) was up 10.00% or 0.83 points to 9.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444), which fell 5.80% or 1.25 points to trade at 20.30 at the close. Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) declined 5.38% or 2.20 points to end at 38.70 and Ruentex Industries Ltd (TW:2915) was down 3.63% or 3.30 points to 87.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 772 to 79 and 55 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 5.07% or 2.58 to $53.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.61% or 2.74 to hit $62.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.50 to trade at $1232.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.40% to 30.722, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2249.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 96.782.