A rally in the U.S. during the lunar new year holiday gave a surge of vitality to Taiwan shares on the first trading day of the year of the rabbit.
The Taiwan Stock Exchange and relevant units held a Lunar New Year gathering on Jan. 30 to welcome the Year of the Rabbit as the stock market reopened again. The outside world is concerned about the future trend of Taiwan stocks. Can it get rid of the weak trend in 2022?
Sherman Lin, Chairperson, Taiwan Stock Exchange: “Rate hikes are likely to slow down. Therefore, we maintain a relatively optimistic view of the overall international situation. This year seems to look better than last year.”
Due to the surge of U.S. technology stocks during the Lunar New Year break in Taiwan stocks, the TAIEX index opened up at 15,291 points, with the intraday high reaching 15,465 points on the 30th. At one point, it rose 532 points, setting a record for the fifth-largest one-day gain in history. The performance of electronic stocks was also very eye-catching. TSMC jumped NT$39 and stood at NT$542 at the opening, a strong increase of more than 7 percent.
Liao En-ping, Assistant V.P., Investment Advisory Dept., President Futures: “The market has optimistic expectations of the Fed's pace of interest rate hikes. Suppose that such expectations really becomes true, there will be a relatively large incentive effect for the entire electronics sector and all the major indices.”
Analysts believe that if trading volume can maintain above NT$250 billion, then Taiwanese stocks will continue to challenge a new high. In addition, factors such as the decline in U.S. inflation will also help the stock market get rid of last year's poor performance.
迎接金兔年第1個股市開日，證交所和證券周邊單位，今（30）日舉行新春團拜活動。外界關心台股未來走勢，能否擺脫去年疲弱態勢？
證交所董事長林修銘表示：「升息的這樣子有可能趨緩，所以我們對於這樣子整個國際情勢，似乎看起來跟去年相比，我們還是保持一個比較樂觀的一些想法。」
30日的台股表現，受到美國科技股在台股春節休市期間大漲影響，台股開盤1萬5291點，盤中最高來到1萬5465點，一度大漲532點，創下史上第5大單日漲點。至於，電子股表現也很搶眼，台積電如預期跳空強彈39元，開盤站上542元，勁揚超過7%。
統一期貨投顧部專業協理廖恩平分析：「市場上對於聯準會後續的一個升息步伐，是有一些比較樂觀的預期。那假設說這樣子的預期真的成真的話，我想對於整個電子族群，乃至於說所有的主要指數來說，都會是一個比較大的激勵效果。」
分析師認為，30日的台股如果量能持續維持在2500億以上，可以期待台股繼續往上挑戰高點；另外，受到美國通膨往下掉等因素，也會有助股市走揚，可望擺脫去年低迷陰霾。
