Foreign Investors Turn to Net Buyers After 6-Day Selling Streak, Scooping Up Active ETFs

(Central News Agency reporter Chiang Ming-yen, Taipei, 12th) The Taiwan stock market surged by over 1,000 points today, closing at 44,169 points. The three major institutional investors all recorded net buys. Foreign investors ended a 6-day selling streak, turning to a net buy of NT$28.69 billion. They scooped up active ETFs, financial holding companies, and the two major airlines, while adjusting their positions by selling electronic stocks such as AUO, PSMC, and Compal.

Boosted by U.S. technology stocks, AI-related stocks led the market rebound today. In early trading, the index surged by over 1,649 points, marking the second-largest intraday gain in history. It ultimately closed up 1,019.58 points at 44,169.04, the 11th largest closing gain on record, though the weekly index still fell by 901.9 points to close in the black.

The total turnover of the Taiwan stock market today was NT$1.117645 trillion. The three major institutional investors synchronized their net buying, totaling NT$50.569 billion. Among them, dealers had a net buy of NT$8.942 billion, investment trusts bought a net of NT$12.937 billion, and foreign and mainland investors net bought NT$28.69 billion.

Notably, foreign investors and dealers ended their six consecutive trading days of net selling and turned to buying, while investment trusts recorded their 11th consecutive day of net buying.

According to public information, the top 10 list of foreign net buys was led by the active ETF UPAMC Taiwan Upgrade 50 (00403A), with single-day net purchases exceeding 140,000 shares. Ranked second was Taishin Shin Kong Financial Holding, with a net buy of over 85,000 shares, followed by the active UPAMC Taiwan Growth (00981A), China Airlines, CTBC Holding, EVA Air, Winbond, United Renewable Energy (URE), SinoPac Holdings, and Taiwan Business Bank.

On the top 10 list of single-day foreign net sales, AUO ranked first with a net sell of over 26,000 shares. KGI Financial and PSMC ranked second and third, with approximately 25,000 and 22,000 shares sold, respectively. They were followed by Compal, Compeq, Far Eastern New Century (FENC), Fubon Financial, Fuh Hwa FTSE Mortgage REITs (00712), TXC, and Powertech Technology (PTI). (Editor: Yang Kai-hsiang) 1150612