Apple\'s Asia suppliers fall amid fears of weak iPhone sales

Apple's Asia suppliers fall amid fears of weak iPhone sales

Reuters  |  TAIPEI 

(Reuters) - Shares in Asian suppliers and assemblers for fell on Tuesday due to profit warnings that point to weakness in sales.

The Cupertino, California-based tech giant's shares fell to their lowest in more than three months on Monday after three suppliers cut their forecasts for sales in the coming holiday season.

Lumentum Holdings Inc, the of the Face ID in the latest generation of iPhones, cut $70 million off its revenue forecasts. Display Inc cited lower demand in cutting its outlook, while British chipmaker said it expects a reduction in its performance this year.

Apple warned earlier this month that holiday sales would miss Wall Street expectations due to weakness in emerging markets including and foreign-exchange costs.

Apple began shipping the XR on Oct. 26 after two weeks of pre-orders. The company had released the more expensive iPhone XS and XS Max more than a month earlier.

Shares in other Taiwan-based Apple suppliers also fell sharply on Tuesday.

The world's largest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, fell 2.6 percent and camera lens-maker slid 3.6 percent. The Taiwan Weighted Index was down around 1.6 percent.

Among other Apple suppliers in the region, Hong Kong-based fell more than 6 percent.

South Korean Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd, Apple's supplier of multi-layer ceramic capacitors, dropped more than 5 percent, while plunged 9.5 percent.

Japan's Nikkei daily reported earlier this month that Apple had told and Pegatron to halt plans for additional production lines dedicated to the iPhone XR, the cheapest of this year's new launches.

(Reporting by Yimou Lee; Editing by Stephen Coates)

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First Published: Tue, November 13 2018. 09:12 IST