Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.30%

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

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Awea Mechantronic Co Ltd (TW:1530 ), which rose 10.00% or 3.30 points to trade at 36.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Chaun-Choung Technology Corp (TW:6230 ) added 10.00% or 23.00 points to end at 253.00 and JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW:2540 ) was up 9.94% or 18.00 points to 199.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101 ), which fell 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 at the close. Lead Data Inc (TW:2443 ) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and EZconn Corp (TW:6442 ) was down 9.23% or 41.50 points to 408.00.

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

Shares in Awea Mechantronic Co Ltd (TW:1530 ) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.00% or 3.30 to 36.30. Shares in Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101 ) fell to all time lows; falling 9.95% or 0.21 to 1.90.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.58% or 0.43 to $73.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.68% or 0.52 to hit $76.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.25 to trade at $2,529.85 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.12% to 32.05, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 101.61.

Source: Investing.com