The Financial Post reports in its Thursday edition that Taiwan's equity market has overtaken Canada's to become the world's sixth largest, driven by strong demand for artificial-intelligence-linked shares and the rapid rise of chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. A Bloomberg dispatch to the Post says the total market capitalization of Taiwan-listed companies has surged more than 35 per cent this year to $6.12-trillion, while Canada's has climbed about 5 per cent to $6.02-trillion. TSMC, which makes up nearly 45 per cent of Taiwan's equity benchmark, has seen its market value swell to $2.46-trillion during the period. Taiwan's tech-heavy market has ridden a wave of global craze for semiconductors and AI, while Canada's resource- and finance-driven benchmark has delivered more modest returns.