Reuters
SINGAPORE, July 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan's TSMC (2330.TW), opens new tab scaled a record high on Thursday after posting strong second-quarter revenue on booming demand for AI applications, cementing its position as Asia's most valuable company.
TSMC also topped a trillion dollar market value this week.
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
The AI frenzy has sparked a rally in chipmaker stocks across the globe. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, whose customers include AI poster child Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab, has especially benefited from the soaring demand for AI-capable chips.
Foreign investors have poured $4.8 billion so far this year into Taiwan's stock market, which is dominated by TSMC. Asian funds, however, according to HSBC, still remain underweight on Taiwan, suggesting there could be room for further inflow.
BY THE NUMBERS
Shares of TSMC, whose customers also include Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab, have jumped nearly 80% this year, widely outperforming the benchmark Taiwan SE Weighted Index (.TWII), opens new tab, which is up 35%.
On Thursday, TSMC's Taipei-listed shares rose more than 2% to a record T$1,080, taking the company's market value to T$28 trillion ($861 billion) and making it Asia's most valuable publicly listed company.
TSMC's ADRs , first listed on the NYSE in 1997, jumped 4.8% to a record $192.79 on Monday, briefly boosting the firm's market value to $1 trillion. On Wednesday, the ADRs closed at $191.05.
TSMC is due to report its full second-quarter earnings on July 18.
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