November 4, 2017 - By Henry Gaston
Shares of Advanced Power Electronics Corp (TPE:8261) last traded at 37, representing a move of 1.37%, or 0.5 per share, on volume of 7.15M shares. After opening the trading day at 36.9, shares of Advanced Power Electronics Corp traded in a close range. Advanced Power Electronics Corp currently has a total float of 81.29M shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 20.5 and high of 39.5.
Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX), Taiwan Weighted Index for short, is the stock index for all the companies listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). The index was published in 1967 for the first time, though its base value of 100 points was set a year earlier. Advanced Power Electronics Corp quickly jumped inside it. TAIEX is a benchmark for Taiwanese stocks.
TAIEX rose to a lifetime high of 10202.20 points in 2000 as Taiwanese stocks showed steady recovery from a devastating earthquake that struck the country a year earlier. However, TAIEX sank to a lifetime low of 3446.26 points in October 2001. The index fell to a record low around the time the world was still grappling with the shock of a terror attack on the U.S., commonly known as 9/11. Markets worried about Taiwan’s export economy.
TWSE, which has the stocks tracked by TAIEX, was created in 1961 as the primary stock exchange platform for Taiwanese companies. But the market began formal operations in 1962. The stock market, which has more than 800 listed companies, is regulated under Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission. And Advanced Power Electronics Corp is one of them.
TWSE opens for pre-market trading at 7.40 a.m. and the session lasts one hour, thus ending at 8.40 a.m. The Regular trading session on TWSE begins at 9.00 a.m. and runs until 13.45 p.m. TWSE has a post-market session that begins at 14.00 p.m. and runs through 15.00 p.m. The aftermarket session is characterized by fixed prices.
TWSE operates all weekdays but remains closed on weekends. The stock market also closes for holidays, but such closings are communicated to brokers in advance.
Hon Hai Precision Industry, fondly known as Foxconn, is a contract manufacturer for many global electronics companies such as Apple. Foxconn is one of the largest companies by market capitalization on TWSE. The company is also the world’s top contract electronics manufacturer and one of the world’s largest information technology companies by revenue. Foxconn employs more than a million people. Another example of TWSE companies is Advanced Power Electronics Corp.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is another large company listed on TWSE. The company designs and manufactures semiconductors, mostly operating as a contract manufacturer serving overseas customers.
Taiwan has a thriving industrial economy and export trade. The country’s high-tech industry serves the global market as contract manufacturers of products such as computers and smartphones as well as components used in such electronic devices. As such, an expanding global consumer electronics market feeds Taiwan’s economic because it means more business and profit for its foundry industry.
Taiwanese stocks are among the sought-after equities in Asia as domestic and foreign investors discover the strong earnings power of Taiwanese companies coupled with the high dividends they pay. Lately, retail investors have been betting on Taiwan’s growth prospects shown by expanding well-off population that is driving consumer spending in the economy and creating conducive growth environment for domestic companies.
Efforts by Taiwanese authorities to improve corporate governance standard as a way to attract foreign direct investment into the economy is providing investor pull to Taiwan stocks. Traders noticed positive changes working with Advanced Power Electronics Corp at the market. Taiwan’s high rankings on press freedom, economic freedom, human development and healthcare are other reasons investors are attracted to its stocks.
More news for Advanced Power Electronics Corp (TPE:8261) were recently published by: Businesswire.com, which released: “Global $5.49 Billion Automotive Power Electronics Market 2017-2022 – Research …” on August 15, 2017. Prnewswire.com‘s article titled: “Automotive Power Electronics (Body Electronics, Chassis & Powertrain …” and published on August 16, 2017 is yet another important article.
ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS CORP. is principally engaged in the research, development, manufacture, testing and distribution of transistors and related products. The company has market cap of $3.01 billion. The Firm provides low voltage metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors , high voltage MOSFETs, insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), pulse-width-modulated (PWM) integrated circuits (ICs) and linear regulator ICs, among others. It currently has negative earnings.
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