Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index

The Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX; Chinese: 加權指數; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ka-koân Chí-sò͘) 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.[1]

Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index
Traditional Chinese	發行量加權股價指數
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fāxíngliàng Jiāquán Gǔjià Zhǐshù Wade–Giles Fa¹-hsing²-liang⁴ Chia¹-ch′üan² Ku³-chia⁴ Chih³-shu⁴ Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Fat-hàng-liong Kâ-khièn Kú-ka Chṳ́-su Southern Min Hokkien POJ Hoat-hêng-liōng Ka-koân Kó͘-kè Chí-sò͘ Tâi-lô Huat-hîng-liōng Ka-kuân Kóo-kè Tsí-sòo
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	加權指數
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāquánzhǐshù Wade–Giles Chia¹-ch′üan²-chih³-shu⁴ Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Kâ-khièn Chṳ́-su Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ka-koân Chí-sò͘ Tâi-lô Ka-kuân Tsí-sòo

Annual Returns

The following table shows the annual development of the TAIEX since 1966.[2][3]

Year	Closing level	Change in index in points	Change in index in %
1966	100.00
1967	105.76	5.76	5.76
1968	106.63	0.87	0.82
1969	110.30	3.67	3.44
1970	123.38	13.08	11.86
1971	135.13	11.75	9.52
1972	228.03	92.90	68.75
1973	495.45	267.42	117.27
1974	193.06	−302.39	−61.03
1975	330.08	137.02	70.97
1976	372.20	42.12	12.76
1977	450.44	78.24	21.02
1978	532.43	81.99	18.20
1979	549.55	17.12	3.22
1980	558.45	8.90	1.62
1981	551.03	−7.42	−1.33
1982	443.57	−107.46	−19.50
1983	761.92	318.35	71.77
1984	838.07	76.15	9.99
1985	835.12	2.88	0.34
1986	1,039.11	203.99	24.43
1987	2,339.86	1,300.75	125.18
1988	5,119.11	2,779.25	118.78
1989	9,624.18	4,505.07	88.00
1990	4,530.16	−5,094.02	−52.93
1991	4,540.55	10.39	0.23
1992	3,377.06	−1,163.49	−25.62
1993	6,070.56	2,693.50	79.76
1994	7,111.10	1,040.54	17.14
1995	5.158,65	−1,952.45	−27.46
1996	6.933.94	1,775.29	34.41
1997	8,187.27	1,253.33	18.08
1998	6,418.43	−1,768.84	−21.60
1999	8,448.84	2,030.41	31.63
2000	4,743.94	−3,704.90	−43.85
2001	5,551.24	807.30	17.02
2002	4,452.45	−1,098.79	−19.79
2003	5,890.69	1,438.24	32.30
2004	6,139.69	249.00	4.23
2005	6,548.34	408.65	6.66
2006	7,823.72	1,275.38	19.48
2007	8,506.28	682.56	8.72
2008	4,591.22	−3,915.06	−46.03
2009	8,188.11	3,596.89	78.34
2010	8,972.50	784.39	9.58
2011	7,072.08	−1,900.42	−21.18
2012	7,699.50	627.42	8.87
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

References

1. Description of the TAIEX on the Taiwan stock exchange site
2. "Taiwan Equity Market Index [1967 - 2020] [Data & Charts]". www.ceicdata.com. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
3. "TSEC weighted index (^TWII) Historical Data - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-01-23.

External links

• Bloomberg page for TWSE:IND
• TAIEX page on the Taiwan stock exchange (in English)
• Historical chart
• Reuters page for .TWII