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Stocks in Taiwan climbed during early trading Friday, as the Taiwan TAIEX increased 1.4% to 41966.32.
Among local companies with a market cap of at least 150 billion New Taiwan dollars ($4.76 billion), Kinsus Interconnect Tech is the biggest leader this morning, jumping 9.9%, and Powertech Technology jumped 9.9%. Nan Ya PCB rounds out the top three movers, as shares jumped 8.7%.
King Slide Works is the biggest early laggard, dropping 4.0%, followed by shares of United Microelectronics, which fell 1.7%. Shares of Fubon Financial fell 1.4%.
The U.S. dollar strengthened 0.1% against the New Taiwan dollar to NT$31.53.
In the bond markets, the 10-year Taiwanese government bond yield was flat at 1.640%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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May 21, 2026 21:31 ET (01:31 GMT)
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