Taiwan Stock Exchange

Taiwan Stock Exchange
Taiwan Stock Exchange
Traditional Chinese	臺灣證券交易所
Simplified Chinese	台湾证券交易所
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiwān Zhèngquàn Jiāoyìsuǒ
Wade–Giles	T′ai²-wan¹ Chêng⁴-ch′üan⁴ Chiao¹-i⁴-suo³
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Thòi-vàn Chṳn-khién Kâu-yi-só
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tâi-oân Chèng-kǹg Kau-e̍k-só͘
Tâi-lô	Tâi-uân Tsìng-kǹg Kau-i̍k-sóo
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	證交所
Simplified Chinese	证交所
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèngjiāosuǒ
Wade–Giles	Chêng⁴-chiao-suo³
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Chṳn-kâu-só
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Chèng-kau-só͘
Tâi-lô	Tsìng-kau-sóo

Taiwan Stock Exchange
臺灣證券交易所
	Market data on display at Taiwan Stock Exchange
Type	Stock exchange
Location	Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates	25°2′1″N 121°33′54″E / 25.03361°N 121.56500°E
Founded	23 October 1961; 63 years ago
Owner	Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation
Currency	New Taiwan dollar
No. of listings	898
Indices	Taiwan Weighted (TAIEX)
Website	twse.com.tw

The Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TWSE; Chinese: 臺灣證券交易所) is a financial institution, located in Taipei 101, in Taipei, Taiwan. The TWSE was established in 1961 and began operating as a stock exchange on 9 February 1962. It is regulated by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

As of 31 December 2013, the Taiwan Stock Exchange had 809 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of NT$ 24,519,622 million.^[1]

The exchange broadcasts before-hour information from 7:40 to 8:40. Then it has normal trading sessions from 09:00 to 13:45 and fixed price post-market sessions from 14:00 to 15:00 on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the exchange in advance.^[2]^[3]

Indices

The Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX) is the stock market index that measures the aggregate performance of listed stocks on TWSE; it is the most prominent and most frequently quoted index of stock performance of Taiwanese public companies.^{[citation needed]}