The Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (Chinese: 臺灣證券交易所發行量加權股價指數), TWSE Capitalization Weighted Stock Index, or TAIEX (Chinese: 加權指數) is a stock market index for companies traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). TAIEX covers all of the listed stocks excluding preferred stocks, full-delivery stocks and newly listed stocks, which are listed for less than one calendar month. It was first published in 1967 by TWSE with 1966 being the base year with a value of 100.[2]

Quick Facts Foundation, Operator ...
TAIEX
(TWSE Capitalization Weighted Stock Index)
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Foundation5 January 1967; 57 years ago (1967-01-05)[1]
OperatorTaiwan Index Plus (TIP)
ExchangesTaiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)
Constituents1006
Weighting methodCapitalization Weighted Index
Related indicesTPEX (TPEx Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index)
Websitetaiwanindex.com.tw/indexes/t00
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Quick Facts Traditional Chinese, Transcriptions ...
TAIEX
Traditional Chinese發行量加權股價指數
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFāxíngliàng Jiāquán Gǔjià Zhǐshù
Wade–GilesFa¹-hsing²-liang⁴ Chia¹-ch′üan² Ku³-chia⁴ Chih³-shu⁴
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳFat-hàng-liong Kâ-khièn Kú-ka Chṳ́-su
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHoat-hêng-liōng Ka-koân Kó͘-kè Chí-sò͘
Tâi-lôHuat-hîng-liōng Ka-kuân Kóo-kè Tsí-sòo
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese加權指數
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiāquánzhǐshù
Wade–GilesChia¹-ch′üan²-chih³-shu⁴
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳKâ-khièn Chṳ́-su
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKa-koân Chí-sò͘
Tâi-lôKa-kuân Tsí-sòo
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The Taiwanese stock market experienced a "bubble economy" from 1986 to 1990. When in 1986 the index was around 1000 points, it reached a peak of over 12,000 points in February 1990 then plummeted to around 2500 points by October 1990.

Annual Returns

The following table shows the annual development of the TAIEX since 1966.[3][4]

More information Year, Closing level ...
Year Closing level Change in index
in points
Change in index
in %
1966100.00
1967105.765.765.76
1968106.630.870.82
1969110.303.673.44
1970123.3813.0811.86
1971135.1311.759.52
1972228.0392.9068.75
1973495.45267.42117.27
1974193.06−302.39−61.03
1975330.08137.0270.97
1976372.2042.1212.76
1977450.4478.2421.02
1978532.4381.9918.20
1979549.5517.123.22
1980558.458.901.62
1981551.03−7.42−1.33
1982443.57−107.46−19.50
1983761.92318.3571.77
1984838.0776.159.99
1985835.122.880.34
19861,039.11203.9924.43
19872,339.861,300.75125.18
19885,119.112,779.25118.78
19899,624.184,505.0788.00
19904,530.16−5,094.02−52.93
19914,540.5510.390.23
19923,377.06−1,163.49−25.62
19936,070.562,693.5079.76
19947,111.101,040.5417.14
19955,158.65−1,952.45−27.46
19966,933.941,775.2934.41
19978,187.271,253.3318.08
19986,418.43−1,768.84−21.60
19998,448.842,030.4131.63
20004,743.94−3,704.90−43.85
20015,551.24807.3017.02
20024,452.45−1,098.79−19.79
20035,890.691,438.2432.30
20046,139.69249.004.23
20056,548.34408.656.66
20067,823.721,275.3819.48
20078,506.28682.568.72
20084,591.22−3,915.06−46.03
20098,188.113,596.8978.34
20108,972.50784.399.58
20117,072.08−1,900.42−21.18
20127,699.50627.428.87
2013 8,611.51 912.01 11.85
2014 9,307.26 695.75 8.08
2015 8,338.06 −969.20−10.41
2016 9,253.50 915.44 10.98
2017 10,642.86 1,389.36 15.01
2018 9,727.41 −915.45−8.60
2019 11,997.14 2,269.73 23.33
2020 14,732.53 2,735.39 22.80
2021 18,218.84 3,486.31 23.66
2022 14,137.69 −4,081.15 −22.40
2023 17,930.81 3,793.12 26.83
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