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Taiwan stocks fell below the half-year line on Friday, with foreign investors selling more than 100 billion yuan in a single day, setting a historical record.
The Taiwan stock market fell 1,156.5 points on Friday (30th) to close at 45,211.83 points. The three major legal entities collectively sold more than 139.844 billion yuan, of which foreign investors slashed 112.467 billion yuan, setting a record for the seventh largest overselling in history. Due to heavy selling pressure in the market, the Taiwan Index futures plunged again in night trading, falling more than 400 points and falling below the 45,000 mark, putting pressure on the trend of Taiwan stocks next week.
Taiwan stocks fell 1,156.5 points today. Foreign investors sold more than 100 billion yuan, setting a record for the seventh largest sell-off in history. Yuanta Taiwan 50 (0050) topped the list with more than 97,000 shares, and the rest were sold by multiple active ETFs. Among the over-bought list by foreign investors, Fuhua Fusse Real Estate was favored, with more than 34,000 foreign-invested shares buying the top spot.
As the Taiwan stock market has broken through the half-year line and investor confidence is low, the Taiwan index futures fell sharply in the night trading before the U.S. technology stocks opened. It turned from red to black and plummeted all the way. At 20:18 Taipei time on the 30th, it fell 412 points to 44,888 points, breaking the 45,000 mark.
In terms of U.S. stock market trends, technology stocks performed poorly. Intel plummeted 25% before the market opened, TSMC ADR fell 4%, Huida fell 3%, and Micron fell 4%. The Nasdaq fell 746 points before the market opened, the S&P 500 index fell 83 points before the market opened, and the Dow Jones was flat before the market opened.

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