Asian stocks slip amid euro uncertainty

Asian stocks drifted mostly lower today, as persistent worries over European policymakers’ ability to contain the continent’s simmering debt crisis outweighed a big US rally.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gained 0.3% to 8,565.15 but South Korea’s Kospi dropped 0.1% to 1,852.87. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was nearly unchanged at 18,886.45.