Taiwan Stocks Plunge Over 500 Points as Tech, Finance Drag Index Lower

Taiwan stocks were hit by intense selling pressure on the 20th, with the benchmark index experiencing a roller-coaster session before tumbling 529.15 points, or 1.13 percent, to close at 46,292.93 points. Driven downward by electronic heavyweights, component sectors, and financial stocks, the broader market swung by as much as 804 points between intraday highs and lows, not