Taiwan Stock Market Falls 329.84 Points
The Taipei stock market closed down 329.84 points today, reaching 41603.94 points, a decrease of 0.79%. The total transaction value was NT$1.2450.02 trillion. The weighted index opened at 41886.03 points, with a high of 42038.60 points and a low of 41132.25 points.
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(Central News Agency, Taipei, 8th) The Taipei stock market opened lower and continued to fall today, closing down 329.84 points at 41603.94 points, a decrease of 0.79%. The total transaction value was NT$1.2450.02 trillion.
The weighted index opened at 41886.03 points, with an intraday high of 42038.60 points and a low of 41132.25 points; the index excluding financial stocks was 37703.55 points, down 346 points.
Changes in the eight major sectors: ceramics and brick industry fell 1.56%, food industry rose 2.89%, plastics and chemicals fell 0.40%, textile industry rose 0.44%, electrical machinery industry fell 1.01%, paper industry fell 0.35%, construction industry rose 0.15%, and financial industry rose 0.87%.
The number of buy orders was 26,542,148 shares, sell orders was 19,244,065 shares, and actual transactions was 15,301,157 shares.
At closing, 382 companies rose, 620 fell, and 95 remained unchanged.
The top 5 stocks by trading volume were Innolux, Active Uni-President Taiwan Stock Growth, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., KGI Taiwan TOP50, and Yuanta Taiwan 50 2x Leveraged.
The top 5 gainers were Grand Chemical, Longhua, Holy Stone, Posiflex, and Tien-i Technology.
The top 5 losers were Accton Technology - KY, Cheng Mei Materials, Phanom, Kingboard, and Promise Technology. 1150508
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(Central News Agency, Taipei, 8th) The Taipei stock market opened lower and continued to fall today, closing down 329.84 points at 41603.94 points, a decrease of 0.79%. The total transaction value was NT$1.2450.02 trillion.
The weighted index opened at 41886.03 points, with an intraday high of 42038.60 points and a low of 41132.25 points; the index excluding financial stocks was 37703.55 points, down 346 points.
Changes in the eight major sectors: ceramics and brick industry fell 1.56%, food industry rose 2.89%, plastics and chemicals fell 0.40%, textile industry rose 0.44%, electrical machinery industry fell 1.01%, paper industry fell 0.35%, construction industry rose 0.15%, and financial industry rose 0.87%.
The number of buy orders was 26,542,148 shares, sell orders was 19,244,065 shares, and actual transactions was 15,301,157 shares.
At closing, 382 companies rose, 620 fell, and 95 remained unchanged.
The top 5 stocks by trading volume were Innolux, Active Uni-President Taiwan Stock Growth, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., KGI Taiwan TOP50, and Yuanta Taiwan 50 2x Leveraged.
The top 5 gainers were Grand Chemical, Longhua, Holy Stone, Posiflex, and Tien-i Technology.
The top 5 losers were Accton Technology - KY, Cheng Mei Materials, Phanom, Kingboard, and Promise Technology. 1150508
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