The Taiwan Monthly

Mar. 2021

Market & ETP Overview

Latest development of the market

USD = 28.412 NTD   As of 1/29/2021

  1. Market Overview
    As of the end of January 2021, there were 947 companies listed on the TWSE with a total market value of NTD 46.13 trillion. Also, our market is notable for the high dividend yields (2.90%) and fairly reasonable P/B (2.23) and P/E (23) ratios. For more information about Securities Trading Monthly Statistics, please refer to the following link: https://www.twse.com.tw/en/statistics/index/02

  2. Primary Market
    (1)TWSE listing companies and capital issues
    As of the end of January 2021, there were 947 companies listed on the TWSE, including 871 domestic companies and 76 foreign companies, with a total capital issued of NTD 7.23 trillion. There were three IPOs (6515-WinWay、6438-SAA and 3714-ENNOSTAR) and 4 delisting companies (4725-TPCC、5264-Casetek Holdings Limited、2448-EPISTAR and 3698-Lextar) in January.


    (2)Total market capitalization
    As of the end of January 2021, the total market capitalization of TWSE-listed stocks amounted to NTD 46.13 trillion. The market capitalization of the shareholdings of foreign investors was NTD 21.52 trillion, or 46.68% of the total market capitalization.


    (3)Total revenue of all listed companies

    All listed companies report NTD 3.68 trillion in total revenue in January 2021, which is 24.25% higher than in January 2020.

  3. Secondary Market
    (1)TAIEX
    TAIEX closed at 15,138.31 on January 29, 2021, up 405.78 from last month (December 31, 2020) 14,732.53, an increase of approximately 2.75%.


    (2)Total trading value
    As of the end of January 2021, the total trading value for year-to-date was NTD 7.43 trillion on the TWSE market and the average daily trading value was NTD 371.30 billion.


  4. Securities firms and investors

    There were 68 securities brokerage firms with 807 branches.

    As of the end of January 2021, the total number of stock accounts opened reached 20.69 million. The number of investors with trading activities is 2.94 million in January 2021, up 6.28% from December 2020.


    For further information, please contact Ms. Chang at 1078@twse.com.tw.