Asia stocks slip as China’s inflation data misses expectations
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 1.48%, as of its final hour of trading while in Japan, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.12% to close at 20,366.48 while the Topix index slipped 0.26% to end its trading day at 1,476.72. South Korea’s Kospi closed 0.68% lower at 1,922.17.