India, Feb. 1 -- The Taiwan stock market on Thursday ended the two-day slide in which it had stumbled more than 225 points or 1.5 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just beneath the 17,970-point plateau and it may add to its winnings on Friday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is positive, with many believing that the heavy selling earlier this week was overdone. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were up and the Asian markets figure to follow the latter lead.
The TSE finished modestly higher on Thursday following gains from the financial shares, plastics and cement companies, while the technology stocks were mixed.
For the day, the index advanced 78.55 points or 0.44 percent to finish at the daily high...