A French institutional investor wishes to decrease itsexposure to Taiwan. It is interested in selling 20,000shares of a particular Taiwanese firm that is currently inits portfolio. This firm trades on the Taiwan StockExchange. A Taiwan - based broker quotes the Taiwandollar (TWD) price of the shares of this firm as150.35-150.75, with a commission of 0.10 percent ofthe transaction value. The Taiwan Stock Exchangecharges a tax of 0.30 percent of the value traded fromthe seller. A bank is quoting the TWD/EUR exchangerate as 32.8675-32.8800. How many euros will theFrench institutional investor receive on selling theshares? Please provide detailed explanation, I'll makesure to upvote!

Number of shares to be purchased = 20000Price per share in Taiwan dollar (TWD) = 150.35-150.75here…

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