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The Tai-Ex opened up 104-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 15,716 on turnover of 4.3-billion N-T.
The market recovered early losses to close slightly lower on Monday as bargain hunters stepped-in to pick up large cap stocks after the main board dipped to 15,300 at one point during the day's session.
Although buying emerged in select stocks, investor sentiment remained muted (缺乏熱情的，淡漠的) for much of the day.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung says the Central Epidemic Command Center is establishing a "command post" at the Taoyuan hospital where five medical workers have now tested positive for the coronavirus.
According to Chen, additional safety measures are also being implemented (實施) to prevent the further spread of the disease.
The health minister says the command post will be in charge of coordinating communication and other efforts taken by the hospital, local health authorities, government quarantine centers, experts, and the epidemic command center in response to the cluster infection.
The command post is being headed by Wang Bi-sheng, the deputy head of the Central Epidemic Command Center's Medical Response Division.
The Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation says it posted an operating loss of 100-million N-T in 2020 on the back of a sharp decline (減少，衰落，降低) in passenger numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the metro operator, the system saw 26-per cent decline in daily ridership, from 178,000 on average in 2019 to 132,000 last year, which had a direct negative impact on the system's operations.
Passenger volume has risen slightly since the beginning of this year, increasing to to 135,000 per day, but the metro company says a much higher volume will be required to move the system back to profit.
The White House has said it plans to remove COVID-19 travel restrictions on the United Kingdom, Europe and Brazil.
Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.
Japan's foreign minister is accusing South Korea of worsening already strained ties by making what he called illegal demands for compensation (賠償金；補償金) for the sexual abuse of Korean women and use of forced laborers during World War II.
A South Korean court ruled on Jan. 8 that Japan must compensate 12 women who were sexually abused in Japanese military brothels during the war.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi called the new ruling ``absolutely unthinkable under international law.''
Relations between the countries are already tense over earlier South Korean rulings on Japan's actions during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
El Salvador authorities say the money sent home by Salvadoran migrants plunged (驟然移動，驟然下降) 40% at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but then recovered to end 2020 at a record high of $5.92 billion.
The country's central bank says the figure for 2020 was 4.8% higher than the previous year.
Remittances account for 23% percent of El Salvador's gross domestic product and benefit about 360-thousand households.