TOKYO: Asian stocks slipped on Wednesday as U.S.-led air strikes in Syria curbed appetite for risky assets, while the dollar was kept in check after U.S. yields fell on geopolitical woes and dovish statements by a Federal Reserve official.
Tracking overnight declines on Wall Street, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.2 percent after momentarily touching a fresh four-month low.
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