Foreign Capital Adds NT$46.4 Billion to Taiwan Stocks for 4th Consecutive Buy, Favoring ETFs, TSMC, and Hon Hai
Foreign investors continued their buying spree in Taiwan stocks for the fourth consecutive day, injecting NT$46.4 billion into the market. They showed a preference for ETFs, including active and passive funds, and increased their holdings in leading companies like TSMC and Hon Hai. This trend has pushed Taiwan stocks to new record highs, with analysts attributing the market's momentum to the growth of the AI industry.
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(Central News Agency reporter Chung Jung-feng, Taipei 7th) Taiwan stocks today first attacked 42,000 points, with the index and market capitalization continuing to set new records. The three major institutional investors collectively net bought NT$58.33 billion in Taiwan stocks, of which foreign investors net bought NT$46.411 billion, marking their fourth consecutive day of buying. They favored active ETFs such as 00981A and several passive ETFs, increasing their holdings in TSMC and buying into Hon Hai for the eighth consecutive day. Investment trusts also increased their holdings in Taiwan stocks for the 12th consecutive day.
Taiwan stocks today first surged to 42,000 points, rising by 1017.21 points during intraday trading to a new high of 42156.06 points. Although it did not stabilize above 42,000 points by the close, the index still set a new closing high of 41933.78 points, up 794.93 points. Among the three major institutional investors, proprietary traders net sold NT$4.143 billion, investment trusts net bought NT$16.062 billion, and foreign investors and mainland Chinese investors net bought NT$46.411 billion.
Observing the movements of foreign investors' net buying, according to statistics from the Taiwan Stock Exchange, foreign investors today heavily bought 186,700 shares of Innolux, ranking first. They also added approximately 88,100 shares of the active Uni-President Taiwan Growth ETF (00981A), approximately 56,800 shares of the Capital Taiwan High Dividend Select ETF (00919), approximately 48,100 shares of the active Capital Technology Innovation ETF (00992A), and approximately 40,400 shares of the Yuanta Taiwan High Dividend ETF (0056).
Foreign investors today also added over 20,000 shares in stocks including Taishin Financial Holding, Winbond Electronics, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing, Yuanta Taiwan Value High Dividend ETF (00940), Fubon Taiwan Technology Dividend ETF (00929), First Financial Holding, HannStar Display, KGI Financial Holding, KGI Taiwan TOP50 ETF (009816), active Capital Taiwan Strong ETF (00982A), CTBC Financial Holding, Dahwa High Yield & High Fill 30 ETF (00918), Hon Hai, and Walsin Lihwa.
According to statistics, foreign investors today added 21,900 shares of Hon Hai, accumulating 268,500 shares over eight consecutive trading days.
In contrast, foreign investors today adjusted their positions by selling over 10,000 shares in stocks including Macronix, UMC, Nanya Technology, active Uni-President Global Innovation ETF (00988A), active Nomura Taiwan High Dividend ETF (00999A), Taiwan Business Bank, active Capital US Growth ETF (00997A), Siliconware Precision Industries, and Yuanta SSE 300 China A-Share ETF (00637L).
Lin Han-wei, an analyst at Moore Investment Consulting, told reporters in an interview that the driving force behind Taiwan stocks' continuous record highs is not the market chasing high-risk stocks, but rather through active or passive ETFs adding large-cap blue-chip stocks. If the bullish trend of Taiwan stocks remains unchanged and the market recognizes that Taiwan stocks continue to benefit from the growth drivers of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, capital will continue to flow into Taiwan stocks through ETFs, and the structure will be driven by leading blue-chip stocks.
In Taiwan index futures, the three major institutional investors today reduced their net short positions by 1,117 contracts to 5,989 contracts, but foreign investors increased their net short positions by 165 contracts to 51,132 contracts.
Lin Han-wei analyzed that foreign investors continue to net buy in the Taiwan spot market, while their net short positions in futures continue to exceed 50,000 contracts, indicating some caution towards the index. Subsequent observations will focus on whether foreign investors' layout in the spot market changes and whether the main attacking structure of the market changes. Currently, Taiwan stocks are still led by large-cap blue-chip stocks such as TSMC. If TSMC does not significantly pull back, the correction space for the weighted index is not large. However, Taiwan stocks are currently at a relatively high level, and it remains to be seen whether there will be sharp short-term fluctuations after a significant rise. (Editor: Lin Chia-hsien) 1150507
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(Central News Agency reporter Chung Jung-feng, Taipei 7th) Taiwan stocks today first attacked 42,000 points, with the index and market capitalization continuing to set new records. The three major institutional investors collectively net bought NT$58.33 billion in Taiwan stocks, of which foreign investors net bought NT$46.411 billion, marking their fourth consecutive day of buying. They favored active ETFs such as 00981A and several passive ETFs, increasing their holdings in TSMC and buying into Hon Hai for the eighth consecutive day. Investment trusts also increased their holdings in Taiwan stocks for the 12th consecutive day.
Taiwan stocks today first surged to 42,000 points, rising by 1017.21 points during intraday trading to a new high of 42156.06 points. Although it did not stabilize above 42,000 points by the close, the index still set a new closing high of 41933.78 points, up 794.93 points. Among the three major institutional investors, proprietary traders net sold NT$4.143 billion, investment trusts net bought NT$16.062 billion, and foreign investors and mainland Chinese investors net bought NT$46.411 billion.
Observing the movements of foreign investors' net buying, according to statistics from the Taiwan Stock Exchange, foreign investors today heavily bought 186,700 shares of Innolux, ranking first. They also added approximately 88,100 shares of the active Uni-President Taiwan Growth ETF (00981A), approximately 56,800 shares of the Capital Taiwan High Dividend Select ETF (00919), approximately 48,100 shares of the active Capital Technology Innovation ETF (00992A), and approximately 40,400 shares of the Yuanta Taiwan High Dividend ETF (0056).
Foreign investors today also added over 20,000 shares in stocks including Taishin Financial Holding, Winbond Electronics, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing, Yuanta Taiwan Value High Dividend ETF (00940), Fubon Taiwan Technology Dividend ETF (00929), First Financial Holding, HannStar Display, KGI Financial Holding, KGI Taiwan TOP50 ETF (009816), active Capital Taiwan Strong ETF (00982A), CTBC Financial Holding, Dahwa High Yield & High Fill 30 ETF (00918), Hon Hai, and Walsin Lihwa.
According to statistics, foreign investors today added 21,900 shares of Hon Hai, accumulating 268,500 shares over eight consecutive trading days.
In contrast, foreign investors today adjusted their positions by selling over 10,000 shares in stocks including Macronix, UMC, Nanya Technology, active Uni-President Global Innovation ETF (00988A), active Nomura Taiwan High Dividend ETF (00999A), Taiwan Business Bank, active Capital US Growth ETF (00997A), Siliconware Precision Industries, and Yuanta SSE 300 China A-Share ETF (00637L).
Lin Han-wei, an analyst at Moore Investment Consulting, told reporters in an interview that the driving force behind Taiwan stocks' continuous record highs is not the market chasing high-risk stocks, but rather through active or passive ETFs adding large-cap blue-chip stocks. If the bullish trend of Taiwan stocks remains unchanged and the market recognizes that Taiwan stocks continue to benefit from the growth drivers of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, capital will continue to flow into Taiwan stocks through ETFs, and the structure will be driven by leading blue-chip stocks.
In Taiwan index futures, the three major institutional investors today reduced their net short positions by 1,117 contracts to 5,989 contracts, but foreign investors increased their net short positions by 165 contracts to 51,132 contracts.
Lin Han-wei analyzed that foreign investors continue to net buy in the Taiwan spot market, while their net short positions in futures continue to exceed 50,000 contracts, indicating some caution towards the index. Subsequent observations will focus on whether foreign investors' layout in the spot market changes and whether the main attacking structure of the market changes. Currently, Taiwan stocks are still led by large-cap blue-chip stocks such as TSMC. If TSMC does not significantly pull back, the correction space for the weighted index is not large. However, Taiwan stocks are currently at a relatively high level, and it remains to be seen whether there will be sharp short-term fluctuations after a significant rise. (Editor: Lin Chia-hsien) 1150507
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