Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , Computers & Peripherals and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Yageo Corp (TW:2327), which rose 10.00% or 56.00 points to trade at 616.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406) added 10.00% or 37.00 points to end at 407.00 and Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) was up 9.92% or 3.85 points to 42.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chia Ta World Co Ltd (TW:2033), which fell 8.10% or 1.15 points to trade at 13.05 at the close. Paiho Shih Holdings Corp (TW:8404) declined 7.87% or 4.40 points to end at 51.50 and Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425) was down 6.99% or 1.85 points to 24.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 562 to 264 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yageo Corp (TW:2327) rose to all time highs; rising 10.00% or 56.00 to 616.00. Shares in Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.92% or 3.85 to 42.65.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.99% or 0.67 to $66.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.12% or 0.81 to hit $71.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1345.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.29% to 29.410, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2146.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.47.