00:00Taiwan's main stock index fell Monday, the first trading day since U.S. and Israeli strikes on
00:05Iran began, though it outperformed most other Asian markets. The Thai X plunged at opening,
00:10but mostly recovered, closing down 0.9 percent. Other major Asian indexes took bigger hits.
00:16They were mostly down in afternoon trading, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng seeing the biggest drop of
00:21more than 2 percent. The sell-off is rooted in fears that the widening conflict could disrupt
00:26global energy supplies. Taiwan's cabinet held an emergency meeting on Monday morning,
00:31with financial regulators saying stock and currency volatility remain within expectations.
00:36It said it would convene response teams to tackle possible fluctuations
00:40of the price of energy and other goods.
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