According to statistics from the Taiwan Stock Exchange, the closing index on the day of the closure on December 30, 2016 was 9253 points, and on December 29, 2017, the closing index reached 10642.86 points. Taiwan stocks have increased by as much as 15% this year, and the market value has also never been higher. The figure at the end of the year rose from 27.25 trillion yuan to 31.32 trillion yuan. If the latest number of traders is 3.105 million, the average book assets of each shareholder this year increased by about 1.31 million yuan. Peter Chen, manager of
Mega International National Fund, said that in 2017, Taiwan stocks were led by technology stocks. Looking at Taiwan's top ten weight stocks, the leader TSMC performed the best.
Looking forward to 2018, the performance of technology stocks can still be expected to benefit from innovative trends such as AI, HPC, and 3D sensing. However, after the index experienced a significant increase in 2017, the difference in performance between individual stocks will be greater. Stock selection will become more difficult.
Cathay Securities Futures Research Department also believes that the wait-and-see atmosphere in the market before the holidays is still heavy, but the volume and energy have slowly recovered, and the expectation index is expected to continue to fluctuate upward. When foreign investment returns after New Year's Day next year, coupled with the recent strong influence of the New Taiwan Dollar, foreign investment The withdrawal is expected to turn into a bullish operation, and the short-term index rebound pattern is expected to continue.
