Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Computers & Peripherals and Semiconductor sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 2.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Pec (TW:4916), which rose 10.00% or 3.85 points to trade at 42.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Swancor (TW:4733) added 9.96% or 11.50 points to end at 127.00 and Pegatron (TW:4938) was up 9.93% or 6.00 points to 66.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418), which fell 9.78% or 0.44 points to trade at 4.06 at the close. Space Shuttle (TW:2440) declined 4.76% or 0.43 points to end at 8.60 and Aoc (TW:6289) was down 4.63% or 0.05 points to 1.03.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 740 to 63 and 49 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.24% or 0.60 to $47.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.01% or 0.49 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1251.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.22% to 32.672, while TWD/CNY rose 0.10% to 0.2002.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.20.