Today (13th), the Taiwan stock market was buoyed by last week's typhoon holiday and the night market Taiwan Index Futures rebound, opening strong with electronic weighted stocks and the Formosa Plastics Group (1301-TW) driving the momentum, surging over 900 points at one point and reclaiming the monthly line. However, influenced by the sharp decline of South Korean tech stocks SK Hynix and Samsung, the index turned negative and adjusted back to flat, ultimately closing up 25.91 points or 0.06%, at 45,380.52 points, with trading volume slightly increasing to NT$1.02 trillion.

The decline in the Korean stock market led to a reduction from a surge of over 900 points to a small gain of 25 points, and the monthly line has flown away again. (Data from Juheng.com)

During today's trading, there were alarming reports of a massive capital flight in the global semiconductor market. Although South Korean memory giant SK Hynix recently saw a surge after issuing American Depositary Receipts (ADR) in the U.S., concerns over cross-border capital transfers led to a severe drop of 12% for Hynix, triggering a sell-off in the Korean stock market and causing significant declines in Asian stocks.

In terms of weighted stocks, TSMC opened high but closed lower, briefly rising over 2.5% to NT$2,480, but in the last transaction, it was cut by 5,972 shares, closing at NT$2,440, up 1.04%; PCB leader Zhen Ding Technology - KY (4958-TW) benefited from increased demand for AI servers, optical communications, and IC substrates, opening high and hitting the limit up; Largan Precision (3008-TW) entered the silicon photonics market, positively impacting its limit up; MediaTek (2454-TW) opened high but fell 2.55%, Foxconn (2317-TW) dropped 0.42%, while Unimicron Technology (3037-TW) rose 3.2% Formosa Plastics Group benefited from Morgan Stanley raising its target price for the group, with the four major stocks today opening high and continuing to rise, including Formosa Plastics, Nan Ya ( 1303-TW) both hitting the daily limit up, Taiwan Chemical ( 1326-TW) rising 8.33%, and Formosa Petrochemical ( 6505-TW) rising 7.3%.

Memory stocks were affected by the plunge in Korean memory stocks, with prices turning from red to black during the session, including Nanya Technology ( 2344-TW) dropping nearly half of the limit down, Nanya ( 2344-TW) falling 2.87%, Powerchip Semiconductor ( 6770-TW) dropping over 3%, and Winbond ( 8088-TW) falling 4.3%. The passive component benchmark stocks in Japan and South Korea also suffered heavy losses, with Japan's Murata Manufacturing (Murata) dropping over 9%, Taiyo Yuden falling more than 17%, and TDK down 6%; South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics also fell over 17%.

The situation for passive component stocks was even worse, with Japan's Murata Manufacturing (Murata) plummeting over 9% during the session, Taiyo Yuden crashing more than 17%, and TDK down 6%; South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics also fell over 17%, dragging down multiple stocks linked to the Taiwan stock market, including Walsin Technology, Yageo, Nippon Electric Glass, Lightwave, Xinchang Electric, Yubang, and Jinshan Electric, all hitting the limit down.

In addition, in the AI sector, affected by the sharp decline of SK Hynix and Samsung, including Qisda ( 3017-TW) dropping nearly half of the limit down, Taikang ( 2383-TW) falling 3%, and Wistron NeWeb (6669 -TW) dropping 1.59%