
Inflation triggered concerns about interest rate hikes, and Asian stocks plummeted on Thursday. Taiwan stocks sold 302.555 billion yuan to foreign investors, the largest oversold in history, and the final index fell 1,655.96 points.
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Inflation raised concerns about interest rate hikes, causing fees to plummet and Asian stocks to plummet across the board.
Foreign investment sales exceeded 302.5 billion, the worst in history! (File photo)
[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] Inflation caused concerns about interest rate hikes, and the fee plunged 4.3% on Wednesday. Affected by this, Asian stocks fell sharply on Thursday. Not only did Korean stocks once fall nearly 10%, the Nikkei also fell by more than 3,600 points, while Taiwanese stocks were sold hard by foreign investors. 02.555 billion yuan, the largest oversold in history, with 1,518 listed counters going wild. Among them, 9 gold stocks locked up and stopped falling. The final index fell by 1,655.96 points, the sixth largest closing point, closing at 46,969.87 points.
On Thursday (15th), the 9 stocks with the lowest limit were Wangsi (6223), Yingwei (6515), Hance (7856), Jingce (6510), Inner Technology (7734), Zhimao (2360), Bizlian-KY (3665), Weiying (6669), and Wanrun (6187).
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As for the top two overselling days of foreign capital, they were July 17 and June 24, respectively, with overselling amounts of 188.315 billion yuan and 177.403 billion yuan respectively.
The total overselling of the three major legal persons on Thursday was 370.076 billion yuan, of which foreign investors sold the most over 302.555 billion yuan, while self-operated companies including hedging sold over 95.824 billion yuan, and only the investment trust stood on the buyer side, buying over 28.303 billion yuan.

The Investment Examination Department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs released investment statistics from January to September this year. The amount of overseas investment in Taiwan and Taiwan's outbound investment have more than doubled, mainly due to large capital increases such as Micron and TSMC. In contrast, the amount of Chinese investment in Taiwan decreased by 91.57% year-on-year, and investment in China also decreased by 20.24%.

Asian stocks plummeted across the board on Thursday, with foreign investors selling Taiwanese stocks to record highs and the index plummeting 1,655.96 points at the end. However, the investment bank bucked the trend and supported Taiwan stocks by buying over 28.303 billion yuan. Among them, Formosa Plastics was bought 16 times in a row, with a total of over 97,900 shares bought.

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