SYDNEY: Asian stocks eased on Monday in sluggish trade as investors chose discretion over valour ahead of central bank meetings in Europe and the always-critical U.S. payrolls report.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> was just a shade softer at 478.58. Australian shares <.AXJO> ended 0.4 percent lower while South Korea <.KS11> lost 0.6 percent. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday.
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