TAIPEI: Taiwan’s largest stock is so dominant it’s even underpinning a surge in the local currency.
Of the more than US$4bil that foreign investors have sent into Taipei-listed equities this year, about 60% has landed with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Inflows and the chipmaker’s gains his month helped the Taiwan dollar strengthen 1.4%. There are signs the stock, trading at its most expensive in a decade, is overbought.
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