India, May 4 -- The Taiwan stock market has finished higher in five straight trading days, rallying more than 1,300 points or 6.4 percent in that span. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 20,780-point plateau and it's got another solid lead for Monday's trade.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is positive on optimism over economic data and easing tariff concerns. The European and U.S. bourses were sharply higher and the Asian markets also figure to open to the upside.
The TSE finished sharply higher on Friday following gains from the technology stocks and the plastics companies.
For the day, the index surged 552.61 points or 2.73 percent to finish at the daily high of 20,787.64 after trading as low as 20,534.08.
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