Taiwan Stocks Plunge by Over 1,000 Points
Taiwan stocks faced heavy selling pressure today (30th), with the TAIEX closing at 45,211.83 points, plunging 1,156.50 points, down 2.49%, and turnover reaching 8,777.3億元. The OTC index weakened simultaneously, closing at 370.26 points, down 17.11 points, or 4.42%, with turnover of 2,021.09億元, as overall market selling pressure expanded significantly.
Investment Trusts Keep Selling UMC, Share Price Closes Lower
UMC (2303), with 1.07 million shareholders, was a simultaneous selling target for foreign investors and investment trusts yesterday, and investment trusts continued to sell today. Over two consecutive trading days, investment trusts cumulatively sold 185,227 lots of UMC. Today, investment trusts sold 35,438 lots of UMC, ranking first among investment trust sells. UMC fell NT$4, down 3.46%, to close at 111.5 yuan.
Foreign Investors Sell AUO, Buy Yang Ming
According to TWSE statistics, the top 10 stocks sold by foreign investors today were AUO (2409) with 28,002 lots, PSMC (6770) with 22,447 lots, Yageo (2327) with 16,111 lots, Nan Ya (1303) with 15,973 lots, Compal (2324) with 14,430 lots, Taishin Shin Kong Financial (2887) with 14,208 lots, Acer (2353) with 13,646 lots, Wistron (3231) with 12,964 lots, Innolux (3481) with 12,940 lots, and ASE Technology (3711) with 12,156 lots. The top 10 stocks bought by foreign investors were Yang Ming (2609) with 16,598 lots, Taiwan Cement (1101) with 13,123 lots, Taiwan Business Bank (2834) with 9,125 lots, Chunghwa Telecom (2412) with 8,201 lots, Cooperative Bank (5880) with 7,940 lots, Evergreen Marine (2603) with 7,920 lots, Pou Chen (9904) with 7,156 lots, Uni-President (1216) with 6,527 lots, China Airlines (2610) with 6,447 lots, and Chang Hwa Bank (2801) with 6,407 lots.
Investment Trusts Sell China Airlines, Buy Financial Stocks
The top 10 stocks sold by investment trusts were UMC (2303) with 35,438 lots, China Airlines (2610) with 6,480 lots, Far Eastern New Century (1402) with 4,572 lots, Taiwan Cement (1101) with 4,560 lots, AUO (2409) with 1,612 lots, Uni-President (1216) with 1,094 lots, Primax (4915) with 803 lots, Chang Hsing (1717) with 650 lots, Delta Electronics (2308) with 473 lots, and Chunghwa Telecom (2412) with 402 lots. The top 10 stocks bought by investment trusts were Taishin Shin Kong Financial (2887) with 13,184 lots, CTBC Financial (2891) with 10,286 lots, Qisda (2352) with 8,220 lots, ASE Technology (3711) with 7,070 lots, E.Sun Financial (2884) with 5,449 lots, First Financial (2892) with 5,049 lots, Cathay Financial (2882) with 3,321 lots, SinoPac Financial (2890) with 3,016 lots, Yuanta Financial (2885) with 2,448 lots, and Nan Ya (1303) with 2,245 lots.