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Thu Jun 19 23:58:32 PDT 2008

(Updates closing indexes)

TAIPEI, June 20 (Reuters) – Taiwan stocks fell 1.81 percent to a four-month closing low on Friday, with heavyweight technology shares such as HTC <2498.TW> and TSMC <2330.TW> down as inflation worries hamper domestic exporters.

The main TAIEX share index <.TWII> dropped 145.30 points to end at 7,902.44, continuing a sell-off that has seen it shed 15 percent in the past one month.

The electronics sub-index <.TELI> lost 1.07 percent, while the bank and insurance sub-index <.TFNI> dropped 1.8 percent.

For a table of foreign trading in Taiwan stocks, double-click on [ID:nTP170358] (US$1=T$30.4)

(Reporting by Sheena Lee; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree)

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