The GTSM index fluctuated in the month of June. Amid weak investor confidence, the news about Hungary’s debt trouble and the U.S. stock markets hitting new lows in the year, the index fell on most days in the first 10-day period of the month to close at 127.75 on the 9th, the lowest point of the month. After the 10th, as the ECFA issues picked up momentum and large high-tech companies looked favorably on the second half of the year, the index firmed up gradually to close at 135.89 on the 24th, the highest point of the month. But from the 25th on damped by Central Bank’s non-forewarned interest rate hike and tumbling U.S, European and Mainland China stock markets, the index fell four days in a row to close at 130.83 on the 30th. In terms of sector performance, tourism sector turned out better performance, gaining 6.01% for the month, whereas information service sector was the weakest performer, down 8.86% for the month.

In the Emerging Stock Market, the average daily turnover amounted to NT$715 million and a total of 80,214 transactions executed in the month of June. At the beginning of month, there were 245 stocks registered as emerging stocks, which was increased to 252 by the end of month as 10 new stocks registered and 3 stocks transferred to the general board of GTSM or TSE or were delisted. The market recorded the highest turnover of the month on the 30th with more than NT$1,062 million.