Taiwan edition · Foreign investors
Foreign investors sell NT$255.1bn of Taiwanese shares in a week
Local investment trusts took the other side with net purchases of NT$77.0bn while the Taiex fell 3.6 per cent.
Foreign investors recorded NT$255.1bn of net selling in shares over the past week, while local investment trusts registered NT$77.0bn of net buying. On 30 October, foreign net sales were NT$112.5bn in the session.
The Taiex fell 3.6 per cent over the week to close at 45,212, leaving it up 56 per cent year to date. In the session on 30 October, the index dropped 2.5 per cent as 120 of the 150 largest listed companies fell and 26 rose.
Dealers registered NT$110.5bn of net selling across the week. Over the past month, foreign investors had NT$1.0tn of net selling, while the index fell 5.9 per cent.
The Taiwan VIX was 30.9 on 30 October, compared with 28.4 a week earlier and 23.1 a month earlier. The put-call volume ratio was 90.9 per cent.