Taiwan Stock Market Breaks 40700 Points During Trading, Led by Weighting Stocks
Taiwan's stock market surged past 40700 points today, hitting a new intraday high, driven by major weighting stocks like TSMC and MediaTek. IC design and robot-related stocks also showed strong performance.
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(Central News Agency reporter Ho Hsiu-Ling, Taipei 4th) The Taiwan stock market opened higher and continued to rise today, increasing by over 1700 points during trading. The index broke the 40700-point mark for the first time, reaching a high of 40707.60 points, setting a new intraday record. TSMC, the leading weighting stock, rose by 130 NTD, trading at 2260 NTD during the session. MediaTek was boosted by news of foreign institutional price target hikes, driving strong performance in IC design concept stocks during the session, while robot concept stocks also continued their upward trend.
As of 10:54 AM, the main index was at 40707.60 points, up 1780.97 points, a 4.5% increase, with a trading value of approximately 661.6 billion NTD.
Observing the performance of weighting stocks during the session, Foxconn rose 6 NTD to 225.5 NTD; MediaTek hit the daily limit up at 2870 NTD; Delta Electronics rose 15 NTD to 2180 NTD.
IC design concept stocks performed strongly during the session, with MediaTek hitting the daily limit up, also driving AppWorks, Global Unichip, and Leadtek Research to hit their daily limits, and M31 Technology rising by nearly 7%.
Robot concept stocks also performed well, with Compuware Technology and Junxing-KY both rising over 7%; Coretronic and BizLink Holding both rose over 6%.
Senior analyst Wang Chao-Li told Central News Agency reporters that market confidence has clearly returned. Today's market was mainly driven by weighting stocks, with TSMC rising over 5% and MediaTek hitting the daily limit up. Global Unichip and Foxconn also strengthened, driving the Taiwan stock index to continue its surge.
He stated that in terms of trading volume, today's estimated trading value is 1 trillion NTD. Currently, the index does not anticipate pressure, with individual stock performance remaining the main focus. Based on the current market situation, he believes there should be no major problem for the closing price to hold above 40000 points today. (Edited by Yang Kai-Hsiang) 1150504
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(Central News Agency reporter Ho Hsiu-Ling, Taipei 4th) The Taiwan stock market opened higher and continued to rise today, increasing by over 1700 points during trading. The index broke the 40700-point mark for the first time, reaching a high of 40707.60 points, setting a new intraday record. TSMC, the leading weighting stock, rose by 130 NTD, trading at 2260 NTD during the session. MediaTek was boosted by news of foreign institutional price target hikes, driving strong performance in IC design concept stocks during the session, while robot concept stocks also continued their upward trend.
As of 10:54 AM, the main index was at 40707.60 points, up 1780.97 points, a 4.5% increase, with a trading value of approximately 661.6 billion NTD.
Observing the performance of weighting stocks during the session, Foxconn rose 6 NTD to 225.5 NTD; MediaTek hit the daily limit up at 2870 NTD; Delta Electronics rose 15 NTD to 2180 NTD.
IC design concept stocks performed strongly during the session, with MediaTek hitting the daily limit up, also driving AppWorks, Global Unichip, and Leadtek Research to hit their daily limits, and M31 Technology rising by nearly 7%.
Robot concept stocks also performed well, with Compuware Technology and Junxing-KY both rising over 7%; Coretronic and BizLink Holding both rose over 6%.
Senior analyst Wang Chao-Li told Central News Agency reporters that market confidence has clearly returned. Today's market was mainly driven by weighting stocks, with TSMC rising over 5% and MediaTek hitting the daily limit up. Global Unichip and Foxconn also strengthened, driving the Taiwan stock index to continue its surge.
He stated that in terms of trading volume, today's estimated trading value is 1 trillion NTD. Currently, the index does not anticipate pressure, with individual stock performance remaining the main focus. Based on the current market situation, he believes there should be no major problem for the closing price to hold above 40000 points today. (Edited by Yang Kai-Hsiang) 1150504
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