Yageo and Kinsus hit limit down as funds dump Taiwan tech stocks
Taiwan's stock market fell hard on Monday after hawkish Fed comments, and shareholders of parts makers Yageo and Kinsus took the worst of it.
- Yageo and Kinsus both hit the daily 10% drop limit before closing down more than 8.5%, hitting over 710,000 shareholders.
- Local investment funds and foreign investors were the sellers, unloading both stocks more heavily than anything else in their books.
- The wider index dropped as much as 881 points during the day but recovered to close down about 200 points.
- Optical, AI, financial and traditional industry stocks held up and cushioned the fall.
- A big burst of buying at the close, tied to MSCI's quarterly index reshuffle taking effect, lifted the market off its lows.
Outlook: With funds still trimming electronics holdings, tech parts makers look vulnerable to more selling unless the Fed tone softens.