Taiwan’s benchmark fell 0.61% to 46,822 on Monday after an intraday drop of more than 940 points, as Friday’s 3.8% SOX slide hit sentiment. Foreign investors sold a net NT$76.74 billion, the TWD touched an 18-month low, and a late 4,000-lot order pulled TSMC back to unchanged.
Taiwan stocks rebounded 0.59% to 48,625.83 on Wednesday, briefly reclaiming 49,000 intraday, as bargain hunters stepped in after Tuesday’s 1.95% plunge. TSMC closed flat at NT$2,490 on the eve of its Q3 earnings conference, while foreign investors sold a sixth straight session and the Taiwan dollar stayed under pressure past 32.
Taiwan’s benchmark closed almost unchanged at 49,301.96 on Monday despite NT$52.2 billion in foreign net selling, as shipping and financials absorbed the pressure. TSMC drifts lower in its quiet period ahead of Thursday’s Q3 earnings.
Taiwan’s TAIEX fell 0.99% to 49,313.44 on Thursday as TSMC, MediaTek and Hon Hai pulled back below the 50,000 mark. Foreign investors net sold NT$75.85 billion in the cash market ahead of the National Day holiday break, with TSMC’s October 15 earnings call now in view.
Taiwan’s benchmark came within 33 points of the 50,000 milestone before fading to a flat close on Wednesday, as foreign investors sold a net NT$13.04 billion and capital rotated out of mega-cap tech into passive components and plastics.
The TAIEX closed at a record 49,822.55 on Tuesday after coming within roughly 31 points of the 50,000 mark intraday, but all three institutional groups combined sold NT$20.79 billion net, MediaTek fell 4.7%, and NT$975.9 billion changed hands in a heavy, two-sided session.
Taiwan’s TAIEX jumped 2.55% to a record 49,712.04 on NT$1.15 trillion turnover Monday, powered by NT$71.9 billion of foreign net buying. TSMC hit an intraday all-time high while UMC bucked the rally with a 5.6% slide.
The TAIEX finished at an all-time closing high of 48,353.49 (+0.86%) on Thursday, closing at the session top on NT$837.4 billion turnover. Foreign investors bought a net NT$21.94 billion, UMC jumped 4.53%, and passive components saw a wall of limit-ups.
TWSE publishes securities-lending (借券) short balances for every shortable stock daily after the close — the institutional short channel, separate from retail margin shorts. Here is where to find the data, how to read a balance like TSMC’s 15.2 million borrowed-and-sold shares (Sept 2026), and why a rising balance is often consistent with hedging, not a bearish bet.
Taiwan’s benchmark eased to 46,940 on Thursday as foreign institutions sold a net NT$38.3 billion, breaking a four-session buying run. TSMC dipped despite a record August sales print, while MediaTek jumped 2%.