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Asian stocks decline after US tech drop, yen gains: markets wrap
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index declined 1.5% to the lowest since last month, as Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average headed for a technical correction. South Korea’s benchmark lost nearly 2%, with chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. tumbling as much as 8.9% even after an …