Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Computers & Peripherals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.92% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were SDI Corp (TW:2351), which rose 10.00% or 5.50 points to trade at 60.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) added 9.96% or 1.35 points to end at 14.90 and Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) was up 9.93% or 2.25 points to 24.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AOPEN Inc (TW:3046), which fell 5.11% or 0.23 points to trade at 4.27 at the close. First Copper Technology Co Ltd (TW:2009) declined 4.40% or 0.44 points to end at 9.56 and Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) was down 4.29% or 0.30 points to 6.69.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 450 to 315 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in SDI Corp (TW:2351) rose to all time highs; up 10.00% or 5.50 to 60.50. Shares in Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.96% or 1.35 to 14.90.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.44% or 0.20 to $44.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.26 to trade at $1253.24 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.05% to 30.335, while TWD/CNY rose 0.13% to 0.2253.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.84.