Taiwan stocks fall

Taiwan stocks fell slightly on Friday after third-quarter GDP came in worse than analysts expected, with tech exporters also reflecting fears that demand in China will remain soft. As of 1:14 GMT, the main TAIEX index was down 0.4 per cent, to 8,533.29 points, after closing at 8,571.08 points. The electronics subindex sank 0.5 per cent, while the financials subindex lost 0.4 per cent. Hon Hai Precision, the world's top electronics components maker, was off 0.2 per cent. TPK Holdings, a component supplier to Apple, shed 1.6 per cent. The Taiwan dollar firmed T$0.33 to T$32.526 per US dollar, according to Reuters.

 

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