The Tai-Ex opened down 0.1-point this morning from yesterday's close, at

22,312 on turnover of $7.3-billion N-T.

The market hit yet another high on Thursday.

It rose by more than 260-points on the back of a surge in investor interest

in large tech stocks.

This comes after a strong showing on Wall Street overnight.

The new closing high was led by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and Hon

Hai.

Investors were also relieved to see inflationary pressures (通膨壓力) in the

U-S easing.

That was shown by the cooler-than-expected Consumer Price Index for May.

The central bank has opted to leave its key interest rates unchanged

following its quarterly policymaking meeting.

The decision was in line with market expectations.

That means the discount rate remains at 2-per cent - but is still at a 15

year high.

The bank also decided to lower the mortgage ceiling in certain areas from 70

to 60-per cent.

That measure is meant to rein in manipulation (操縱) in the property market.

The heads of six U.N. agencies and three international humanitarian

organizations issued a joint appeal to Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

They are urging the immediate release of 17 members of their staff.

The workers were recently detained along with many others also being held by

the Iranian-backed group.

Their appeal was echoed by a statement from several nations and the European

Union ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting on Yemen Thursday.

UN special envoy Hans Grundberg said the Houthis were holding all those

detained in the crackdown incommunicado.

The Houthis said Monday they had arrested members of an “American-Israeli

spy network".

Houthi authorities issued what they purported to be videotaped confessions by

10 Yemenis, several of whom said they were recruited (被招募) by the U.S.

Embassy.

They did not include any of the U.N. employees who were arrested.

The Houthis’ claims could not be independently verified.

Tesla shareholders have voted to reinstate (恢復) CEO Elon Musk's pay package

- worth up to $56 billion.

It's the largest pay deal in corporate US history.

But the package was struck down by a judge in January, citing its size.

Toni Waterman has more from outside the Tesla gigafactory in Austin, where

the vote took place.

The wreck of the last ship belonging to a famous Irish-born British explorer

of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada.

The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian

Geographical Society.

The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, sitting on its keel

under 390 meters of water.

The society said Wednesday that its towering mast is lying broken beside it.

They believe the mast likely cracked off as the vessel was sucked into the

depths after it struck ice on May 5, 1962.

The society says It won’t be brought to the surface, as that would be too

expensive.

But they say it will be thoroughly documented and studied.

A crew will likely head out some time before the end of summer to begin

taking footage of the vessel with a remotely operated vehicle.

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