iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF(03074.HK) up 1.96%, TSMC Kaohsiung park starts

NewTimeSpace News: As AI computing demand continues to lift sentiment across semiconductor advanced-node and packaging segments, the iShares Core MSCI Taiwan Index ETF(03074.HK) rose 1.96% intraday as of 10:35 on September 22, 2026, quoted at HK$519.600, with turnover of HK$1.694 million and a turnover rate of 0.17%.

NewTimeSpace understands that the ETF, managed by BlackRock Asset Management North Asia, tracks the MSCI Taiwan Index and covers large- and mid-cap stocks in China's Taiwan region. As of 10:35 HKT on September 22, 2026, it had assets of HK$964 million, a net asset value of HK$507.446 per unit, a dividend yield of 1.21% and a board lot of 10 units; it listed on June 29, 2016.

On the news front, TSMC broke ground on its Baipu industrial park in Kaohsiung on September 21; the site will house a validation laboratory for advanced packaging equipment and materials plus a talent training centre, with operations scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2029.

HUA CHUANG SECURITIES noted that rising requirements for computing power, memory bandwidth and interconnect efficiency in AI, high-performance computing and data centres are driving logic chips, HBM and I/O chips into the same package, upgrading packaging from a conventional back-end step into a key platform that determines system performance, power consumption and reliability.

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