Taiwan stocks close 74 points higher GMT 09:57 2014 Monday, 31 March Last Updated: 05:17:37 GMT Hong Kong - XINHUA Taiwan's share prices closed up 74.64 points on Monday at 8,849.28, according to news reaching here from Taipei. Turnover totaled 86.31 billion new Taiwan dollars (2.83 billion U.S.dollars) during the trading session.