SYDNEY: Asian stocks stalled on Wednesday after nine days of gains, while investors gave the safe-haven yen a wide berth on growing optimism for the Chinese economy and receding worries about U.S. military strikes on Syria.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.2 percent, having already amassed gains of 2.7 percent so far this week. It has surged more than 8 percent in two short weeks.
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