Taiwan shares suffer heavy losses for 2nd consecutive day

Shares in Taiwan took another beating, falling more than 1 percent to end below 8,400 points Friday after a plunge seen a session earlier as investors were motivated by steep declines on Wall Street overnight to unload large-cap stocks, dealers said.

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