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Financial Instruments at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Disclosure Of Financial Instruments At Fair Value Through Profit Or Loss [Abstract] |
Financial Instruments at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss |
8. | FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |
Financial assets-current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mandatorily measured at FVTPL |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives (not designated for hedge) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward exchange contract |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Non-derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Listed stocks - domestic |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
|  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1 |
Financial assets-noncurrent |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mandatorily measured at FVTPL |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-listed stocks - domestic |  | $ | 293 |  |  | $ | 511 |
Non-listed stocks - foreign |  |  | 224 |  |  |  | 267 |
Forward exchange contracts |  | $ | 517 |  |  | $ | 778 |
Financial liabilities-current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Held for trading |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives (not designated for hedge) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward exchange contracts |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |
The Company increased its investment in Taiwania Capital Buffalo Fund Co., Ltd. proportionally for $300 million in October 2019 and the Company’s ownership interest in Taiwania Capital Buffalo Fund Co., Ltd. remained at 12.9%. Outstanding forward exchange contracts not designated for hedge as of balance sheet dates were as follows:
|  |  |  | Maturity |  | Contract Amount
|  | Currency |  | Period |  | (In Millions)
December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward exchange contracts - buy |  | EUR/NT$ |  | 2019.03-06 |  | EUR5/NT$193
Forward exchange contracts - buy |  | US$/NT$ |  | 2019.01 |  | US$2/NT$62
December 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward exchange contracts - buy |  | EUR/NT$ |  | 2020.03 |  | EUR2/NT$51
Forward exchange contracts - buy |  | US$/NT$ |  | 2020.01 |  | US$1/NT$26
The Company entered into the above forward exchange contracts to manage its exposure to foreign currency risk due to fluctuations in exchange rates. However, the aforementioned derivatives did not meet the criteria for hedge accounting.

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