Taiwan’s benchmark inched up 0.16% to 47,183 on Wednesday as foreign investors net bought NT$20.9 billion. UMC jumped 3.3% while MediaTek fell 1.8%, and shipping and financials quietly outpaced the index.
Taiwan’s benchmark gave back an early 250-point rally to close at 47,105.78 on Tuesday. TSMC held green at NT$2,470, but Hon Hai, MediaTek and UMC dragged electronics lower. Foreign investors bought NT$13.27B net while dealers sold NT$18.54B — a split tape ahead of Thursday’s monthly revenue filings.
Taiwan’s benchmark jumped 775 points to 47,326 on Monday as MediaTek soared 7.8% on AI ASIC momentum and UMC locked limit-up, with foreign investors pouring in NT$88.3 billion while US markets sat out Labor Day.
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Taiwan stocks fell 784 points on Wednesday, closing at the session low of 46,164.72 as US-Iran tensions and an overnight chip rout hit sentiment. Foreign investors sold a net NT$91.35 billion, while SEMICON Taiwan lifted equipment and silicon-photonics names limit-up against the tide.
The TAIEX closed at 46,128.47 (+0.33%) on Monday, August 31 as rotation into financials and shipping offset losses in TSMC, MediaTek and Hon Hai — even as all three institutional investor groups net sold a combined NT$26.76 billion on MSCI rebalance day.
Taiwan’s benchmark closed at 46,331.45 on chip strength and heavy foreign buying, capping a 2.4% weekly gain — but decliners outnumbered gainers, and Thursday’s positioning data shows institutions had been shorting UMC into the rally.
Taiwan’s TAIEX surged past 46,400 at the open on NVIDIA’s beat, then gave nearly all of it back to close +0.31% at 45,975. The tell was underneath: foreign investors net bought NT$49.09B while the index chips stalled and money rotated into plastics, optics and PCB names.
Monday’s session split the Taiwan tape in two: TSMC’s 1.45% slide pulled the TAIEX down 1.02% to 44,762 on NT$15.75 billion of foreign net selling, while UMC jumped 6% and wafer makers hit limit-up as money rotated into mature-node plays ahead of Nvidia’s Wednesday earnings.