Taiwan stocks fell on Thursday along with overseas markets as investors remained anxious ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday.
While market participants expect the incoming US administration to embark on stimulus policies that would lift growth and inflation and keep the Fed on course for rate hikes, many investors are also concerned about the potential fallout of Trump's protectionist stance.
The main TAIEX index was down 0.2 percent at 9,322.96 as of 0308 GMT, after shedding 0.1 percent in the previous session.
Financial stocks led the decline with CTBC Financial Holding down 1.1 percent and Cathay Financial Holding 0.4 percent lower. CTBC Financial and Cathay Financial are among Taiwan's top 10 financial holding companies.
The electronics subindex sank 0.1 percent, while the financials subindex dropped 0.4 percent.
The Taiwan dollar firmed T$0.001 to T$31.585 per US dollar.