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- Stock accounts rise as TAIEX soars
- Staff writer, with CNA
The number of accounts created to trade on the local stock market reached a new high at the end of last month, as the TAIEX soared almost 60 percent in the first half of this year, data released on Wednesday by the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) showed.
There were about 14.49 million trading accounts on the exchange as of the end of last month, up 155,000 from the end of May and 720,156 from the end of last year, TWSE data showed.
During the first half of this year, the TAIEX surged 17,162.31 points, or 59.25 percent, to close at 46,125.91 on Tuesday, led by the bellwether electronics sector amid an artificial intelligence boom.
A person walks outside the Taiwan Stock Exchange office in Taipei on Monday.
Photo: Ritchie B. Tongo, EPA
For the whole of last year, the benchmark index soared 25.73 percent.
Analysts have attributed the TAIEX’s strong performance to an increasing number of investors entering the market out of “fear of missing out.”
Accounts opened by investors older than 60 recorded the largest increase, rising by 251,804 in the first six months of this year to 4.27 million, which was also the highest number for any age group, TWSE data showed.
As of the end of last month, investors younger than 20 had 785,558 accounts, up 109,693 from the end of last year; those aged 20 to 30 had 1.85 million accounts, an increase of 68,171; and those aged 31 to 40 had 2.36 million accounts, up 122,620, the data showed.
Investors in the 41-to-50 age group had 2.7 million accounts as of the end of last month, up 95,144 from the end of last year, while those aged 51 to 60 had 2.4 million accounts, up 65,218, according to the data.
Institutional investors held 114,758 trading accounts as of the end of last month, up 7,506 from the end of last year, TWSE said.
