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 TAIEX added 0.25% to a fresh all-time high of 48,475.74 on Friday, its third straight gain, as money rotated into optical communication, PCB and petrochemical names while TSMC, MediaTek and Hon Hai all closed lower. All three institutional camps were net buyers, led by investment trusts at NT$4.91 billion.
Taiwan’s benchmark rose 0.65% to 47,940.13 on the final day of September, sealing a 3.93% monthly gain at all-time highs. Foreign investors net bought NT$29.64 billion, glass-substrate and silicon-wafer names went limit-up, and the TWD held near 31.85 after testing 31.9.
Taiwan stocks snapped a six-session winning streak Thursday, with the TAIEX easing 0.28% to 48,024.60 as foreign investors sold a net NT$33.8 billion ahead of the four-day Mid-Autumn break. TSMC dragged, MediaTek bucked the trend, and the Taiwan dollar softened to 31.82.
Taiwan’s benchmark set an all-time intraday high of 48,601 before heavy profit-taking pared the gain to 0.17%. Foreign investors still bought NT$44.73 billion of cash equities, while TSMC dragged and the ASIC and substrate complex ran to limit-up.
The TAIEX rose 1.14% to 47,718.84 for a fourth straight winning session, powered by MediaTek’s 6.37% surge on its 2nm Dimensity launch. All three institutional groups were net buyers, with foreign investors adding NT$20.38 billion.
The TAIEX closed Friday at 47,180.75, up 1.93%, as a 3.14% overnight surge in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lit up Taipei’s chip complex. MediaTek and UMC led, and foreign investors bought a net NT$86.99 billion in the cash market.
The TAIEX rose 0.96% to 46,288 on Thursday, retaking the 46,000 line on NT$819.4 billion of turnover as all three institutional camps bought. Foreign investors added NT$12.19 billion, with TSMC and UMC leading the charge ahead of the CBC’s quarterly meeting.
Taiwan stocks recovered on futures settlement day, with MediaTek and UMC doing the heavy lifting while TSMC ticked lower. Foreign investors sold NT$17.98B net — and investment trusts took the other side.
Taipei absorbed Monday’s 5.9% Philadelphia Semiconductor rout with a comparatively contained 0.77% decline to 45,511.49, as TSMC held green ahead of its ex-dividend date. Foreign investors net sold NT$62.7B, part of a combined NT$79.1B institutional outflow, with TAIFEX settlement and the CBC meeting looming.