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Taiwan Shares Edge Up as TSMC Falls from Intraday High

Taipei: Shares in Taiwan closed slightly higher on Wednesday after giving up early gains amid caution ahead of the scheduled release of U.S. inflation data due out later this week, dealers said. The Taiex, the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s benchmark index, …

Taiwan Stock Market Sees Slight Gains as Shares Close Up 0.16%

Taipei: Taiwan shares ended up 77.58 points, or 0.16 percent, at 47,183.36 Wednesday on turnover of NT$773.51 billion (US$24.56 billion).

According to Focus Taiwan, the Taiwan stock market experienced a marginal increase in trading, with shares clos…

Semiconductor Firms Boost Hiring Amid Rising AI Demand

Taipei: The semiconductor industry posted an average of 47,000 job openings per month in 2026, an increase of more than 20 percent from a year earlier, according to online job platform 104 Job Bank. The share of listings open to applicants from all ma…

Taiwan’s Inflation Rate Surpasses 2% for Four Consecutive Months

Taipei: Taiwan’s consumer price index (CPI) climbed over 2 percent year-on-year for the fourth straight month in August, surpassing a threshold established by the central bank, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) repor…