MediaTek stock price drops 3.4% as Taiwan market shuts; what investors watch next week
Taipei, Feb 8, 2026, 08:36 (GMT+8) — The market is shut.
- MediaTek shares ended Friday in the red, shaping expectations for the coming week.
- The chip designer is pushing further into data-center chips, shifting its sights past smartphones.
- The January sales update lands right next to the Lunar New Year break on the calendar.
MediaTek Inc slid 3.4% to finish at NT$1,710 on Friday. Shares ranged from NT$1,690 up to NT$1,755 during the session, while volume hit roughly 11.8 million. Taiwan’s market will not open over the weekend. 1
Investors are staring at two narratives as next week approaches: on one hand, the data-center boom is still powering ahead; on the other, tech stocks are looking less steady. This…
