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Taiwan stocks fell 960 points yesterday, financing quotas were significantly reduced, and the whole household guarantee maintenance rate dropped to the lowest in nearly a month, indicating that market capital is under pressure.
The Taiwan stock market plummeted. Yesterday, 166 households were charged for financing and 22 were terminated. (File photo)
[Reporter Chen Yongji/Report from Taipei] Taiwan stocks fell 960 points yesterday (13th). According to data from the "Taiwan Stock Dashboard", financing in listed OTCs dropped by nearly 13.5 billion yuan yesterday, and the number of accounts that were pursued was 1 66 households, the recovery amount was only 14 million yuan, and the number of beheaded households was only 22, and the beheading amount was about 5 million yuan. The entire household guarantee maintenance rate in the market was nearly 190%, and the data were all within a safe range.
However, Taiwan stocks fell sharply yesterday. The whole household guarantee maintenance rate dropped by nearly 6 percentage points in a single day to 189.95%, which was the lowest in the past month. Compared with 198.49% last Tuesday, it has decreased by nearly 10 percentage points. The highest whole household guarantee maintenance rate in October was more than 200%.
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As for the unrestricted-purpose guarantee maintenance rate of securities firms, it also dropped by nearly 7 percentage points yesterday to 280.97%. The overall unlimited-purpose financing balance reached 489.997 billion yuan, an increase of more than 1.6 billion yuan in a single day.
It is worth noting that yesterday, the number of bonds borrowed and shorted in the centralized market increased sharply by 297,000 in a single day, bringing the total number to 16.04 million. The transaction value of borrowed and shorted securities increased to 4.22% of the overall listed transaction value. The number of over-the-counter borrowing and short selling only increased by 3,542 yesterday.
There were only 19 people who defaulted on delivery in the OTC market yesterday, and the total amount after defaulting on purchases and sales was less than 6 million yuan. However, because the delivery was T+2, it has not yet reflected yesterday's sharp decline in Taiwan stocks.
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