Ministry urges calm amid TAIEX rout
ECONOMIC BACKBONE: While restrictions would weigh on catering and tourism, high-tech firms in the Hsinchu Science Park might face fewer disruptions, an official said
By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporter
The Ministry of Finance on Saturday urged investors to stay calm after a spike in domestic COVID-19 infections and a global technology shares selloff unnerved the local stock market last week.
The ministry said that Taiwan’s economic fundamentals remain sound.
The Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) reported yesterday that Deputy Minister of Finance Frank Juan (阮清華) said that the government would pay close attention to the developments of the local stock market and the COVID-19 situation, adding that the National Stabilization Fund, of which Juan is the executive secretary, might hold an impromptu committee meeting on whether action is necessary.
A rout in the local stock market before it stabilized yesterday pushed margin debt down to NT$236.63 billion (US$8.45 billion) on Thursday, the lowest since NT$236.1 billion on April 7, and the figure is expected to drop further next week, Taishin Securities Investment Advisory Co (台新投顧) general manager Mason Li (李鎮宇) said yesterday.
Rising domestic COVID-19 infections would take a toll on local stocks, forcing more investors to face margin calls by their brokers, Li said by telephone.
“The viral spread continues to be the largest risk for the local stock market, as stricter measures against COVID-19 would hurt private consumption,” he
TAIEX posts year’s biggest one-day loss
CAUGHT OFF GUARD: A jump in the US Treasury yield might have surprised investors, putting pressure on equities as the 10-year yield outperformed stocks, an analyst said
By Kao Shih-ching
The TAIEX yesterday closed down 498.38 points, the largest one-day loss this year, as foreign institutional investors sold a record net NT$94.4 billion (US$3.33 billion) of local shares, likely prompted by the advancing 10-year US Treasury yield, analysts said yesterday.
The weighted index plunged 358 points to 16,094.93 points soon after the market opened, before gradually recouping some losses to end the day 3.03 percent lower at 15,953.8 points, on turnover of NT$432.112 billion, Taiwan Stock Exchange data showed.
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