Taiwan stocks fell 0.48 percent on Friday, led by a 3.9 percent fall in AU Optronics Corp after it said it expects weaker third-quarter financial results. The main TAIEX share index closed down 39.73 points at 8,244.19. AU ended down T$1.25 at T$30.70, pulling the optoelectroncis sub-index down 2.1 percent, the biggest fall among sub-indexes.
The electronics sub-index fell 0.3 percent and the financial sector both fell 1.1 percent.