EQUITIES
<strong>TAIEX dips on Ukraine fears</strong>
The TAIEX closed slightly lower yesterday as market sentiment continued to be haunted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which battered global equity markets overnight. Losses focused on the bellwether electronics sector, but rotational buying in old-economy stocks in a market awash in ample liquidity helped to limit the broader market’s downturn, dealers said. The TAIEX closed down 30.65 points, or 0.17 percent, at 17,867.60. Turnover totaled NT$293.357 billion (US$10.45 billion), with foreign institutional investors selling a net NT$19.27 billion of shares on the main board, Taiwan Stock Exchange data showed. SEMICONDUCTORS
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EQUITIES
<strong>Foreigners sell NT$86.22bn</strong>
Foreign investors last week sold a net NT$86.22 billion (US$3.09 billion) of local shares after selling a net NT$24.06 billion the previous week, the Taiwan Stock Exchange said in a statement yesterday. The top three shares sold by foreign investors were United Microelectronics Corp (聯電), Evergreen Marine Corp (長榮海運) and AU Optronics Corp (友達光電), while the top three bought were EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空), Innolux Corp (群創光電) and China General Plastics Corp (華夏海灣塑膠), the exchange said. As of Friday last week, the market capitalization of shares held by foreign investors was NT$22.09 trillion, or 43.67 percent of total