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Losses May Accelerate For Taiwan Stocks 81 days ago
(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in three of five trading days since the end of the five-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 250 points or 3.2 percent on its way to a 17-month closing high. The Taiwan Stock Exchange ended just below the 7,760-point plateau, and now investors are anticipating continued weakness at the opening of trade on Friday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is soft, thanks to continued selling pressure among the technology and financial stocks. Commodities are also under pressure, with oil stocks expected to ease and gold stocks may see profit taking after hitting another fresh record high. The European and U.S. markets finished sharply lower, and the Asian bourses are also expected to track to the downside.
The TSE finished slightly lower on Thursday, thanks to weakness from the food, textile, cement and financial sectors - although the technology and construction shares provided strong support.
For the day, the index eased 6.71 points or 0.9 percent to finish at 7,759.98 after trading between 7,797.41 and 7,751.06 on turnover of 138.01 billion Taiwan dollars. There were 1,361 decliners and 1,263 gainers, with 264 stocks finishing unchanged.
The lead from Wall Street is firmly negative as stocks moved considerably lower on Thursday, with some disappointing economic data prompting traders to cash in on the recent strength in the markets. The major averages all closed in negative territory, backing further off of the one-year highs set on Tuesday.
Before the start of trading, the Labor Department reported that first-time jobless claims in the week ended November 14th came in at 505,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised figure. Economists had been expecting jobless claims to edge up to 504,000 from the 502,000 originally reported for the previous week. With jobless claims unchanged, they remained above the 500,000 level, pointing to continued weakness in the labor market. Jobless claims have not been below 500,000 since coming in at 488,000 in the week ended January 3rd.
Separately, the Conference Board reported a continued increase in its leading economic indicators index in the month of October, although the increase by the index was slightly smaller than economists had been anticipating. The leading indicators index rose 0.3 percent in October following a 1.0 percent gain in September and a 0.4 percent increase in August. While the index rose for the seventh consecutive month, economists had been expecting a 0.4 percent increase.
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia provided one of the few bright spots on the day, releasing a report showing that activity in the mid-Atlantic region's manufacturing sector picked up in November by much more than economists had expected. The Philly Fed said its index of regional activity in the manufacturing sector rose to 16.7 in November from 11.5 in October, with a positive reading indicating growth in the sector. Economists had been expecting a much more modest increase by the index to 12.2.
In other news, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that the U.S. has a long way to go to ensure a full economic recovery and guarantee that last year's financial collapse will not happen again in the future. Speaking before the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill earlier today, Geithner said that the regulatory regime that is currently in place is the same regime that failed to prevent the financial crisis, filled with too many agencies and too many regulatory gaps.
The major averages ended the session firmly in negative territory, although well off their worst levels of the day. The Dow fell by 93.87 points or 0.9 percent to 10,332.44, the NASDAQ dropped by 36.32 points or 1.7 percent to 2,156.82 and the S&P 500 closed down by 14.90 points or 1.3 percent at 1,094.90.
In economic news, Taiwan will on Friday announce current account data for the third quarter of 2009. Analysts are expecting a surplus of $8.54 billion after the $9.92 billion surplus in the previous three months.
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