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Taiwan dollar down nearly 2 pct on c.bank, stocks
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TAIPEI, Dec 22 - The Taiwan dollar extended losses to trade nearly 2 percent lower on Monday as the central bank actively bought U.S. dollars due to worries over a slowing economy, dealers said.
The Taiwan dollar <TWD=TP> fell to as low as T$33.100 to the U.S. dollar, or 1.8 percent below Friday's close of T$32.530.
"The central bank kept buying U.S. dollars. It seems like the central bank is trying to help Taiwan's exporters by letting the Taiwan dollar weaken. We also saw offshore NDF dealers buying U.S. dollars," said a dealer in Taipei.
Dealers said falling Taiwan stocks also dampened sentiment and prompted foreign institutions to sell the local currency.
Taiwan stocks <.TWII> ended 3.4 percent lower with Taiwan's largest electronics parts maker, Hon Hai <2317.TW>, leading losses after its chairman said the company planned to cut its workforce due to the global downturn.
In the non-deliverable forwards market, six-month NDFs were quoted at -0.280/-0.230 to the U.S. dollar, compared with -0.370/-0.320 on Friday, indicating that the Taiwan dollar will probably gain by a much smaller degree in half a year. (Reporting by Yvette Chen and Lee Chyen Yee; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)
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