TAIEX (TWII)
Benchmark index · Taiwan · data since 1997-07-02 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-2.67%
7d
+2.30%
30d
-5.19%
YTD
+50.72%
1y
+86.77%
TAIEX (TWII) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.7 | 10.4 | -10.4 | 22.7 | 14.9 | 3.1 | -5.4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 2.1 | -2.0 | -10.2 | -2.2 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 9.3 | -2.1 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | -0.2 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 8.8 | -3.6 | 0.3 | -0.2 | 2.7 | -2.4 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 | -1.8 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | -3.0 | -1.7 | -2.2 | 8.9 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | -3.0 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -6.2 | 1.3 | -11.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | -11.1 | -3.5 | 14.9 | -5.0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 6.9 | -2.8 | 4.0 | -2.9 | 1.4 | -3.2 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 4.5 |
| 2020 | -4.2 | -1.8 | -14.0 | 13.2 | -0.5 | 6.2 | 9.0 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 7.4 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | -4.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | -1.9 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| 2018 | 4.3 | -2.6 | 0.8 | -2.3 | 2.0 | -0.3 | 2.0 | 0.1 | -0.5 | -10.9 | 0.9 | -1.6 |
| 2017 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | -2.4 | 4.5 | -2.2 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | -3.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | -4.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | -0.5 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | 0.6 | 2.8 | -0.4 | 2.4 | -1.2 | -3.9 | -7.0 | -5.7 | 0.1 | 4.6 | -2.7 | 0.2 |
| 2014 | -1.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | -0.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | -0.8 | 1.3 | -5.0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | -2.3 | 0.6 | -1.1 | 1.9 | 3.4 | -0.5 | 2.4 |
| 2012 | 6.3 | 8.0 | -2.3 | -5.4 | -2.7 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 1.7 | 4.3 | -7.1 | 5.8 | 1.6 |
| 2011 | 1.9 | -6.0 | 1.0 | 3.7 | -0.2 | -3.7 | -0.1 | -10.4 | -6.7 | 5.0 | -9.0 | 2.4 |
| 2010 | -6.7 | -2.7 | 6.5 | 1.1 | -7.9 | -0.6 | 5.9 | -1.9 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 7.2 |
| 2009 | -7.5 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 15.0 | -6.7 | 10.0 | -3.6 | 10.0 | -2.3 | 3.3 | 8.0 |
| 2008 | -11.6 | 11.8 | 1.9 | 4.0 | -3.4 | -12.7 | -6.6 | 0.3 | -18.8 | -14.8 | -8.4 | 2.9 |
| 2007 | -1.6 | 2.6 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 4.5 | -3.3 | 4.8 | 3.2 | -11.6 | -0.9 |
| 2006 | -0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 8.4 | -4.5 | -2.1 | -3.7 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 3.4 |
| 2005 | -2.4 | 3.6 | -3.3 | -3.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 1.1 | -4.4 | 1.4 | -5.8 | 7.6 | 5.6 |
| 2004 | 8.2 | 5.9 | -3.4 | -6.2 | -2.3 | -2.3 | -7.2 | 6.4 | 1.4 | -2.4 | 2.4 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | 12.6 | -11.6 | -2.5 | -4.0 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 6.3 | -0.7 | 7.7 | -4.5 | 2.1 |
| 2002 | 5.8 | -3.0 | 8.3 | -1.6 | -6.4 | -9.2 | -4.1 | -3.5 | -12.0 | 9.2 | 1.5 | -4.2 |
| 2001 | 25.1 | -4.4 | 2.2 | -7.2 | -6.2 | -3.3 | -10.9 | 3.6 | -19.4 | 7.3 | 13.8 | 25.0 |
| 2000 | 15.3 | -3.2 | 4.4 | -10.5 | 1.3 | -7.5 | -1.8 | -6.1 | -15.6 | -13.8 | -5.2 | -9.8 |
| 1999 | -6.8 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 7.1 | -0.7 | 15.7 | -12.4 | 10.0 | -6.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 9.4 |
| 1998 | -1.2 | 13.8 | -1.2 | -8.7 | -4.8 | -4.5 | 1.4 | -14.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.1 | -10.6 |
| 1997 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 11.9 | -2.4 | -11.4 | -16.0 | 6.6 | 5.0 |
| Avg | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.8 | -2.3 | -0.2 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +2.1% | +2.2% | +0.8% | +0.9% | +1.0% | +0.1% | +0.3% | -0.8% | -2.3% | -0.2% | +1.4% | +2.7% |
| Win rate | 55%/29 | 66%/29 | 66%/29 | 48%/29 | 52%/29 | 48%/29 | 55%/29 | 52%/29 | 45%/29 | 66%/29 | 62%/29 | 79%/29 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-66.2%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±6.5%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
58%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+25.13%
2001-01
Worst month
-19.35%
2001-09
Longest streaks
9▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About TAIEX
TAIEX isn't a company — it's the scoreboard: Taiwan's benchmark index, tracked here like any other asset, so you can see how a whole market behaves when nobody's stock-picking — with price history on this site back to 1997. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1997) would be about $458 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was January 2001 at +25.13%; its worst, September 2001 at -19.35%.
- It has closed December in the green 23 out of 29 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.