Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.12%

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the rose 0.12% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were ALi Corp (TW:), which rose 10.00% or 3.45 points to trade at 37.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Plotech Co Ltd (TW:) added 10.00% or 1.50 points to end at 16.50 and Taimide Tech Inc (TW:) was up 10.00% or 4.40 points to 48.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:), which fell 10.00% or 25.00 points to trade at 225.00 at the close. Compucase Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:) declined 10.00% or 10.30 points to end at 92.70 and Huaku Development Co Ltd (TW:) was down 6.80% or 8.50 points to 116.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $70.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $73.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 3.90 to trade at $2,635.80 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was down 0.14% to 32.78, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.13% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 107.77.