Taiwan benchmark falls 7.61% as Chinese and Hong Kong stocks decline in early trading

Chinese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong equities fell in early trading on November 6, Yonhap reported. At 9:40 a.m. local time, Shanghai’s Composite Index was down 1.56% at 3,632.22, while Taiwan’s benchmark fell 7.61% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 1.34%. Semiconductor companies CXMT and TSMC dropped 6.37% and 7.37%, respectively.