Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 4.98%

Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Plastic, Glass and Optoelectronic sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 4.98%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were I-Chiun Precision Industry Co Ltd (TW:2486), which rose 10.00% or 14.50 points to trade at 159.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Flexium Interconnect Inc (TW:6269) added 10.00% or 6.50 points to end at 71.50 and Aurotek Corp (TW:6215) was up 10.00% or 7.00 points to 77.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vizionfocus Inc (TW:4771), which fell 10.00% or 20.00 points to trade at 180.00 at the close. Sino Horizon Holdings Ltd (TW:2923) declined 9.87% or 3.10 points to end at 28.30 and Aces Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3605) was down 9.62% or 12.50 points to 117.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 829 to 237 and 61 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.61% or 0.55 to $90.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.15% or 1.13 to hit $97.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.32% or 53.82 to trade at $4,128.72 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.21% to 32.85, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.10% to 0.20.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 102.00.