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Available For Sale Financial Assets Noncurrent 2017 | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Available-For-Sale Financial Assets-Noncurrent-2017 |
10. | AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE FINANCIAL ASSETS - NONCURRENT – 2017
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2017 |
|  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |
Equity securities |  |  |  |
Domestic listed stocks |  | $ | 3,125 |
Domestic non-listed stocks |  |  | 2,332 |
Foreign non-listed stocks |  |  | 294 |
|  | $ | 5,751 |
Chunghwa evaluated and concluded its listed available-for-sale financial assets were impaired and recorded an impairment loss of $577 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The Company evaluated and concluded that there was no indication that its listed available-for-sale financial assets were impaired; therefore, no impairment loss was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2017. The fair values of the above non-listed stocks investments cannot be reliably measured due to the range of reasonable fair value estimates was so significant, the above non-listed stocks investments owned by the Company were carried at costs less any impairment losses at the balance sheet dates. The Company invested $300 million to invest Taiwania Capital Buffalo Fund Co., Ltd. in December 2017 and owns 12.9% equity shares of Taiwania Capital Buffalo Fund Co., Ltd.. Taiwania Capital Buffalo Fund Co., Ltd. engaged mainly in investment business. The Company disposed non-listed available-for-sale financial assets with carrying amounts of $9 million and $5 million for the years ended 2016 and 2017, respectively, and recognized the gains (losses) from the disposal of $1 million and $3 million for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017, respectively. The Company evaluated and concluded that there was no indication that non-listed available-for-sale financial assets were impaired; therefore, no impairment loss was recognized for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017.

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