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 percent, to 8,533.29 points, after closing at 8,571.08 points.
The electronics subindex sank 0.5 percent, while the financials subindex lost 0.4 percent.
Hon Hai Precision, the world's top electronics components maker, was off 0.2 percent. TPK Holdings, a component supplier to Apple, shed 1.6 percent. The Taiwan dollar firmed T$0.33 to T$32.526 per US dollar. It ended at a three-week low on Thursday.