Taiwan stocks sink most in 14 months on virus woes and tech rout
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A man walks past a monitor showing a stock chart outside the Taiwan Stock Exchange in Taipei on Wednesday. | AFP-JIJI
Bloomberg
May 12, 2021
Taiwan stocks slumped the most since March last year as concern over further tightening of coronavirus-linked restrictions and a global tech selloff spooked investors.
The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Index finished the session 4.1% lower after slumping as much as 8.6% in morning trading, the worst intraday loss since 1969. Having fallen 9.6% from an April high, the gauge narrowly missed a technical correction. Heavyweight Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. were among the biggest drags, down 1.9% and 4.7%, respectively, on Wednesday.