Taiwan stocks fell on Thursday as investors booked profit after a five-session rally lifted the main index to highs not seen since mid-2015. The main TAIEX index fell 0.3 percent to 9,767.98 points as of 0402 GMT. It hit 9,869.59 earlier in the session, the highest since May 2015.
The index, which closed up 0.8 percent Wednesday, gained nearly 2.7 percent over the past five sessions, underpinned by foreign-investor buying. The electronics subindex sank 0.4 percent, but the financials subindex gained 0.2 percent.