Stocks slip as traders reduce exposure ahead of central bank meetings, key data

A woman walks past an electronic screen displaying the stock index prices of Asian countries outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato

SINGAPORE: Asian stocks tumbled in early trading on Monday as investors reined in risk-taking at the start of a week sprinkled with central bank decisions and data releases.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.6%, led by a drop of as much as 2.7% in South Korean shares, one of the world's best-performing markets this year.