Taiwan stock borrowing and short selling surged by 430,000! The whole household guarantee maintenance rate dropped by more than 9 percentage points in a single day

Taiwan stocks plummeted yesterday, with the entire household guarantee maintenance rate falling by more than 9 percentage points in a single day. (File photo)

[Reporter Chen Yongji/Report from Taipei] Taiwan stocks plunged 1,655 points yesterday (15th). According to data from the "Taiwan Stock Dashboard", the whole household guarantee maintenance rate dropped by more than 9 percentage points in a single day yesterday to 183.04%, the lowest in a month since September 15. At the same time, the number of short-selling bonds in the OTC market increased by more than 430,000 in a single day. Investors should be vigilant.

Yesterday, financing in the centralized market decreased by 5.15 billion yuan, and OTC listings decreased by 6.56 billion yuan. The number of households in the entire market that was subject to financing calls was 178, and the amount of the call was 32 million yuan. However, only 13 households were cut off by financing, and the amount was 4 million yuan, all of which are still within the normal fluctuation range.

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As for the unrestricted-purpose guarantee maintenance rate of securities firms, it also dropped by nearly 6 percentage points yesterday to 276.4%. The overall unlimited-purpose financing balance reached 488.8 billion yuan, a single-day decrease of more than 2.3 billion yuan.

There were only 16 people who defaulted on delivery in the OTC market yesterday, and the total amount after offsetting the defaulted purchases and sales was 1.77 million yuan. However, because the delivery was T+2, it has not yet reflected yesterday's plummeting situation in Taiwan's stock market.

However, it should be noted that most of the borrowed bonds used by foreign investors were sold (short). The centralized market increased by 429,000 in a single day yesterday. The total number of borrowed bonds sold in the centralized market reached 16.6 million. The value of borrowed bonds and short selling accounted for nearly 6% of the overall listed transaction value. The number of over-the-counter borrowing bonds sold increased by 8,467, and the overall number of borrowing bonds sold reached 2.13 million.

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