** Taiwan-listed iphone assembler Pegatron Corp 4938.TW
leads slide among Apple Inc's AAPL.O suppliers, falling more
than 4 pct
** Other suppliers Hon Hai Precision Industry 2317.TW
drops 2.4 pct and Wistron Corp 3231.TW eases 0.8 pct
** Apple has told its smartphone assemblers Foxconn, or Hon
Hai, and Pegatron 4938.TW to halt plans for additional
production lines dedicated to its new iPhone XR, the Nikkei
financial daily reports urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1XG3UZ
** The Nikkei, citing supply chain sources, says Apple has
asked smaller iPhone assembler Wistron to stand by for rush
orders, but that the company will receive no orders for the
iPhone XR this season
** Casing maker Catcher Technology 2474.TW loses 5.7 pct,
lens set maker Largan Precision 3008.TW drops 4.2 pct, and
flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect 6269.TW eases 3.2 pct
** In Hong Kong, acoustic component maker AAC Technologies
Holdings 2018.HK leads slide in Apple's suppliers, falling 6.7
pct to HK$58, the lowest since Oct. 30. Front camera module
maker Cowell 1415.HK eases 1.1 pct
** Shenzhen-listed acoustic component producer Goertek Inc
002241.SZ eases 1.8 pct
** The Hong Kong Hang Seng sub-index tracking information
technology firms .HSCIIT drops 1.6 pct
(Reuters Messaging: donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)