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The continued popularity of AI drove Taiwan stocks to hit new highs, led by TSMC and electronics stocks, and foreign investors continued to overbuy Taiwan stocks.
Foreign investors bought 37.3 billion yuan, and TCC bought more than 45,000 shares for two days in a row, and the stock price soared.
AI continues to be popular. Led by TSMC, memory and other electronic stocks, the Taiwan stock index rose by 357 points at the end to close at 48,157 points, setting a new high. Foreign investors continued to buy more than 37.313 billion yuan, making silver bullets the favorite. TCC, which has 510,000 shareholders, bought more than 30,000 shares today after buying more than 14,800 shares yesterday. Inspired by this, the stock price surged 4.48% to close at 25.65 yuan, and the trading volume increased to 130,600 shares.
The top 10 stocks bought by foreign investors on Wednesday were Taiwan Cement (1101) with 30,650 shares, Nanya (2408) with 29,196 shares, Power Semiconductor (6770) with 24,015 shares, China Airlines (2610) with 14,583 shares, and EVA Air (26 18) 11,207 tickets, Winbond (2344) 10,124 tickets, Nanmao (8150) 9,255 tickets, Sinopec (1314) 9,221 tickets, TSMC (2330) 7,123 tickets, International China Rubber (2104) 6,861 tickets.

American billionaire Melinda Gates recently revealed that she deliberately did not invest in a new startup founded by her daughter, nor did she use her connections to help raise funds. She believes that letting her daughter experience success and rejection in the fundraising process is an important part of growth and learning, which also coincides with her ex-husband Bill Gates's wealth inheritance philosophy.

The Statistics Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that the industrial and manufacturing production indexes in August hit record highs in a single month, with annual increases of 23.47% and 24.61% respectively. This was mainly due to the strong demand for artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and cloud data services, which drove the production momentum of the information electronics industry to continue to grow.

The Ministry of Finance announced that the next license plate tax for commercial vehicles in 2026 will be levied on October 1 and will be paid until November 2. Nationally, 296,118 vehicles were levied, with a tax amount of 1.24609 billion yuan, a decrease from last year. This was mainly due to the increase in electric vehicles in line with the energy transition policy and the industry's preference for low-displacement energy-saving vehicles.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the Economic Development Bureau of the Taoyuan City Government sent personnel to conduct random inspections of barbecue supplies in the city’s hypermarkets, hardware department stores, and general stores. Among the 193 products randomly inspected, 25 were unqualified, with a failure rate of about 13%. Among them, barbecue tongs accounted for the most 20 products. Most of the defects were due to failure to indicate relevant information in accordance with the Product Labeling Law or being in a bare package without labeling.

Federal Investment Trust has been approved by the Financial Supervisory Commission to enter the Kaohsiung Asset Management Zone. General Manager Zhuang Yaqing said that it will introduce overseas funds such as international private equity and combine existing ETF and mutual fund products to expand the layout of high-asset customers.

Taiwanese stocks hit a new high, led by TSMC and other electronic stocks. Although foreign investors continued to overbuy, they backhandedly slashed AUO, which has more than 620,000 shareholders, by slashing 153,800 shares. In addition, self-operated dealers dumped stocks, causing AUO's share price to plummet by 5.32%, closing at 34.7 yuan.