Asian stocks tumble as Nikkei falls 6%; TSMC briefly hits daily limit down
Asian stock markets fell sharply on November 6, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 down 6.0% at 57,438.00 as of 2 p.m. Taiwan’s Taiex fell 3.8% to 39,996.07, while TSMC briefly hit its 10% daily downside limit before recovering to a 4.2% decline. South Korea’s Kospi triggered a circuit breaker after falling as much as 8.8% intraday, then pared its decline to 5.1%.