Taiwan’s main index added to Monday’s sharp rebound on Tuesday morning, with MediaTek and AI server suppliers leading while new short-selling curbs and the state stabilisation fund stood behind the market.
MoneyTurkey Foreign Markets Desk | 10 November 2026
Key points
- The Taiex was up 2.32% at 42,629.03 around 10:50 Taipei time, against Monday’s close of 41,661.70. It touched 43,135.92 earlier in the session, the Economic Daily News reported.
- MediaTek rose 4.7% to NT$3,900 (about $118.72) after Google said it would widen its eighth-generation TPU line-up, according to the Economic Daily News.
- TSMC was up 0.7% at NT$2,250 (about $68.49), after a 4.7% gain on Monday that ended a seven-session losing streak.
What changed on Monday
From Monday, 9 November, Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission cut the daily cap on intraday short sales of borrowed shares to 3% of a stock’s 30-day average daily volume, down from 30%, and raised the minimum short-sale margin to 130% from 90%. The regulator announced the measures on Friday and also encouraged listed companies to consider share buybacks.
On the same Friday, the committee of the NT$500 billion (about US$15.26 billion) National Stabilization Fund authorised its executive secretary to deploy money to steady the market, the fund’s 10th intervention since it was set up in 2000, according to the Finance Ministry and the Taipei Times. No figure has been published for how much the fund has bought.
Why it matters
The Taiex lost 12.19% last week, its worst week since 2001, and by Friday’s close of 39,701.64 it was 20.55% below this year’s high of 49,968, the fund said. Foreign investors sold a record NT$994.3 billion (about US$30 billion) of Taiwan shares in October. Monday’s 1,960-point, 4.94% rise was the index’s second-largest one-day point gain on record.
Movers
Delta Electronics hit its 10% daily limit at NT$1,275 (about $38.81) and Lite-On Technology at NT$239 (about $7.28), with cooling-system maker Asia Vital Components also limit-up, the Economic Daily News reported. Hon Hai (Foxconn) was up 1.0% at NT$241.5 (about $7.35). The Taiwan dollar traded at 32.85 per US dollar.
Across the region
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was up 2.89% at 60,475.78 and Seoul’s KOSPI up 4.30% at 5,234.63, both against Monday’s closes.
What to watch
- Whether the Taiex can climb back above 43,000 before the 1:30 p.m. Taipei close
- Any disclosure of how much the stabilisation fund has bought
- Foreign investors’ net selling, which drove October’s record outflow
For information only. Not investment advice.
Sources
- Yahoo Finance market data (index, stock and currency quotes, about 03:10 London time): finance.yahoo.com
- Economic Daily News (Chinese): Taiex back above 43,000 intraday, led by TSMC and MediaTek
- Financial Supervisory Commission (Chinese): Short-selling and margin measures from 9 November
- National Treasury Administration (Chinese): National Stabilization Fund activation statement
- Taipei Times: Fund gives market shot in arm
