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U.S. stocks ended four consecutive days of decline last Friday, with all four major indexes closing in the red. However, on Monday, international oil prices soared and technology giants called for slowing down the development of AI, causing Asian stocks to generally fall.
Taiwan stocks opened lower on Monday (14th). (European News Agency file photo)
First published: 09:12
Update time:13:44
[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] U.S. stocks ended four consecutive days of decline last Friday (11th), with all four major indexes closing in the red. However, on Monday, under the pressure of soaring international oil prices and the chorus of technology giants calling for slowing down the development of AI, Asian stocks generally fell. The weighted index of Taiwan stocks opened today (14th) down 174.11 points, opening at 46010.74 points. The decline continued to expand after the opening, with the index falling 786.42 points in early trading to 45,398.43 points. The index opened lower and ended down 322.33 points to close at 45862.52 points, with a transaction volume of 630.917 billion.
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Among the top 10 largest trading companies, TSMC fell 30 yuan to close at 2,380 yuan, with a turnover of 43.346 billion yuan, ranking first; MediaTek dropped 25 yuan, closing at 4,560 yuan, with a turnover of 25.628 billion yuan, ranking second; Nanya fell 20 yuan, closing at 47 3 yuan, with a turnover of 21.971 billion yuan, ranking 3rd; Winbond fell 11.5 yuan, closing at 160 yuan, with a turnover of 19.189 billion yuan, ranking 4th; UMC rose 2 yuan, closing at 142.5 yuan, with a turnover of 18.282 billion yuan, ranking 5th.
Jinju rose 33 yuan to close at 518 yuan, with a turnover of 16.914 billion yuan, ranking 6th; Creative rose 280 yuan, closing at 6,400 yuan, with a turnover of 15.841 billion yuan, ranking 7th; Largan Guang fell 665 yuan, closing at 5,995 yuan, ranking 7th. The transaction volume was 13.807 billion yuan, ranking 8th; Delta Electronics closed flat at 1,620 yuan, with a transaction volume of 12.756 billion yuan, ranking 9th; Nanya fell 0.5 yuan, closing at 234 yuan, with a transaction volume of 12.376 billion yuan, ranking 10th.
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