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Taiwan stocks hit a new closing high on Friday as many stocks bucked the trend and rose.
Taiwan stocks hit new highs! However, foreign investors backhandedly slashed 39,300 Compal cards for two days in a row.
Taiwan stocks rose against the trend on Friday (2nd) in silicon wafers, ABF carrier boards, optoelectronics, communication networks, etc. The index rose 122 points to close at 48,475.74 points, setting a new closing high. Although foreign investors bought more than 2.622 billion yuan, they still had Compal, which has 320,000 shareholders, made a heavy move. Taking advantage of Taiwan stocks hitting new highs for two days in a row, it backhandedly sold 39,300 contracts. Affected by this, the stock price fell for two consecutive days, from 37.1 yuan to 36.2 yuan, a drop of 2.42%, and the trading volume increased to 35,100 contracts.
The top 10 stocks sold by foreign investors on Friday were Compal (2324) with 23,964 shares, Wistron (3231) with 21,168 shares, Taishin Shin Kong Gold (2887) with 17,253 shares, Hon Hai (2317) with 15,146 shares, and TCC (1101) 10,867 pieces, Changyin (2801) 10,186 pieces, Tongyin (1216) 10,74 pieces, Yuan Dajin (2885) 9626 pieces, Guangding (6226) 9350 pieces, Qiangmao (2481) 6363 pieces.
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