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TSMC October Sales Jump 59.7% as Taiwan and Korea Chip Stocks Rise After the AI Selloff
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Monthly revenue of NT$586.89 billion gives chip investors a data point as Nvidia's slump weighs on sentiment.
By Noris Ortiz ·
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported October revenue of about NT$586.89 billion, up 59.7% from a year earlier, in a filing dated Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Asian chip stocks rallied on Wednesday, Nov. 11, after a week of heavy selling in artificial intelligence shares [1][2].
The filing showed revenue 14.7% above September's NT$511.86 billion and well above the NT$367.47 billion booked in October 2025 [1]. For the first ten months of 2026, consolidated revenue was NT$4,485.62 billion, up 43.3% from the same period last year [1]. The monthly figure is a sales report rather than a full earnings report, so it does not include margins, capital spending or guidance. It does show that demand for the advanced chips used in AI servers had not faded during the selloff that hit stocks such as Nvidia.
Markets reacted on Wednesday. Taiwan's Taiex rose 2.1%, the best performer in the region, and TSMC shares gained 3.1%, The Associated Press reported [2]. In South Korea, the Kospi rose 1.6% to 5,321.10, with Samsung Electronics up 2.3% and memory maker SK Hynix up 3.4% [2]. Reuters said Taiwanese shares were up 2.7% and South Korean shares up 2.1% in its morning market preview, a slightly different measure from the AP's, likely reflecting timing [3]. Early gains in Asia followed a U.S. session in which the Nasdaq fell 0.74% and Nvidia dropped 5.47% to $168.89, as the Yahoo Finance market report noted [4].
The selloff has been sharp enough to prompt questions about how durable AI spending is. Reuters said two days of losses erased about $430 billion of Nvidia's market value, and that speculation had swirled about whether chief executive Jensen Huang would stay on after a report about an alleged relationship with a suspected Chinese spy [3]. Yahoo Finance reported that Goldman Sachs called chip stocks oversold and named Nvidia, Broadcom and AMD as top buys, a view attributed to the bank [4].
Overnight, CoreWeave's results offered another sign that demand remains strong. Reuters said the AI cloud company's revenue rose 168% and its shares rose 8% in extended trading, and Nasdaq futures rose 1.3% [3]. TSMC, which manufactures leading-edge processors for much of the industry, sits upstream of that spending, which is why its monthly sales are watched closely as an early read on orders.
There are limits to how much one month's data proves. Monthly revenue can be affected by shipment timing and by currency moves between the Taiwan dollar and the U.S. dollar. The stronger gain in sales is notable mainly because it arrived while sentiment toward AI hardware was deteriorating.
Rates remain a risk for the sector. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.99% from 4.88% after a hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation report, AP said, and traders see a December Fed hike as nearly certain [2][3]. Higher yields tend to pressure valuations of growth stocks, including chipmakers. Investors will watch whether TSMC's momentum carries into the coming months and how chip stocks trade once U.S. markets open on Wednesday.
Sources:
[1] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., "Form 6-K: October 2026 revenue report", November 10, 2026. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001046179/000104617926000796/tsm-revenue20261110.htm
[2] The Associated Press, "Asian shares mostly rise on AI chip demand despite Wall Street's retreat on inflation data", November 10, 2026. https://www.wsls.com/business/2026/11/11/asian-shares-mostly-rise-on-ai-chip-demand-despite-wall-streets-retreat-on-inflation-data/
[3] Reuters, "Morning Bid: Everyone loves CoreWeave", November 10, 2026. https://www.933thedrive.com/2026/11/10/morning-bid-everyone-loves-coreweave/
[4] Yahoo Finance, "Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as hot CPI fuels rate hike odds, Nvidia stock sinks", November 10, 2026. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/live/stock-market-today-tuesday-november-10-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-inflation-data-cpi-090627830.html
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