Selling was seen across the board before some bargain hunters emerged as the TAIEX fell below 32,000 points to cap the losses. A person walks next to the Taiwan Stock Market graph inside the Taiwan Stock Exchange office in Taipei yesterday. With crude prices passing US$100 a barrel, “panic selling followed on stock markets at home and abroad. “A spike in crude prices has raised fears over inflation and the global economy,” Lin said. Juan said that major stock markets across the world are declining, and that the fall on Taiwan’s stock market is smaller than that of Japan and South Korea.

Source: Taipei Times March 09, 2026 16:27 UTC