The Taipei Stock Exchange opened today's session to rise by more than 5% after the Taiwanese Government activated the National Financial Stabilization Fund to halt a fall of more than 12% in a week.
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09/11/2026
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Lusa
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A Taipei Stock Exchange opened today's session to rise by more than 5% after the Taiwanese Government activated the National Financial Stabilization Fund to halt a fall of more than 12% in a week.
The Taiex benchmark, strongly dominated by technology companies, advanced 5.11% at 09:50 (01:50 in Lisbon), due to the closure of the previous session, to 41,730.37 points.
Technology companies made widespread gains, including TSMC (+5.15%), Foxconn (+6.46%), ASE Technology (+7.21%), MediaTek (+7.96%) and Delta Electronics (+9.95%), all of which played an important role in the artificial intelligence supply chain (IA).
Recovery takes place after the government activated the National Financial Stabilisation Fund on Friday to “execut market stabilization operations”, after Taiex lost more than 12% between November 2 and 6 due to concerns about the future of the AI.
In a statement, the Ministry of Finance of Taiwan explained that net stock sales by foreign investors reached 994.1 billion Taiwanese dollars (EUR 27,2 billion) in October, the highest monthly value ever.
By November 6, foreign investors had accumulated sales worth USD 524.4 billion (EUR 14.3 billion).
The ministry stressed that although the island’s economic foundations were sound, the “close link” between the Taiwan Stock Exchange and the Philadelphia semiconductor index, which fell 12.75% last week, caused a “synchronised fall” on the local market.
Negative developments contributed to the short-term confidence of investors, he added.
“ Given that the uncertainty of the international political and economic situation remains high, after deliberation, the Management Committee of this Fund decided by consensus to authorise the Executive Secretary to mobilise the necessary resources, according to the circumstances, to carry out market stabilization operations,” the Ministry indicated.
This is the tenth intervention of the mechanism since it was created in 2000.
The previous one took place between April 9, 2025 and January 12, 2026, following the announcement of the so-called “reciprocal tariffs” by the administration of President Donald Trump.
The fall of the Taiwan Stock Exchange followed the negative evolution of other Asian markets, which reacted to the victory of the Democratic Party in the U.S. mid-term elections.
The election result fueled fears of further restrictions on the development of AI and investment in data centers.