Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp., TSEC
It is the only stock exchange in Taiwan. It executes transactions with shares, bonds, Taiwan depository receipt (TDR), warrants. It is founded in 1961. About 47% of its shares are on possession of state banks and companies, the rest shares belong to private companies and physical persons.
Trading volume: $585,379 billion (2005). Listing: 696 companies (2005). Capitalization: $476 billion (2005). Profit: $34,8 million (2004).
The main index: TAIEX (Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Index) — reflect the state of shares listed at TSEC.
In 1990 TSEC approximated to the markets of the USA and Japan in terms of average daily trading volume. 10th of February, 1990 was the day when TAIEX reached its historic high of 12 495 points but due to its overheating it fell by 80% in several months and it hasn’t rehabilitated yet since that time.
Contacts:
Location: 3F-B9-12F, No.7, Sec.5, Xinyi Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 11049, Republic of China; tel.: +886 (2) 8101 3101, fax: +886 (2) 8101 3066; website: www.tse.com.tw , e-mail: serv@tse.com.tw.
2009 List of Holidays :
| Month | Day | Holyday |
| January | 1 (Thue) | New Year's Day |
| 2 (Fri) | Public Holiday | |
| 22 (Thue) | No Trading. Market opens only for Clearing & Settlement | |
| 23 (Fri) | ||
| Jan 24 (Sat) | Chinese Lunar New Year | |
| Feb 1 (Sun) | ||
| February | 28 (Sat) | Peace Memorial Day |
| April | 4 (Sat) | Tomb Sweeping Day |
| May | 1 (Fri) | Labor Day |
| 28 (Thue) | Dragon Boat Festival | |
| 29 (Fri) | Public Holiday | |
| October | 3 (Sat) | Moon Festival |
| 10 (Sat) | National Day |
Remarks:
Additional Trading Days on January 10th, January 17th and June 6th.