Asia Stocks Little Changed After Biggest Weekly Gain in 5 Months

Asia’s benchmark stock gauge was little changed, after posting its biggest weekly advance in more than five months, as gains in pharmaceutical stocks countered declines in utilities. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose and fell less than 0.1 percent before trading at 152.30 as of 9:03 a.m. in Tokyo. The measure jumped 3 percent last week, the steepest weekly gain since October, as Hong Kong equities soared and Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock...

Japanese Stocks Swing as Instrument Makers Gain, Utilities Fall

Japanese stocks swung between gains and losses after the Topix index posted its biggest weekly advance in seven weeks. Precision instrument makers led gains and utilities fell. The Topix dropped 0.3 percent to 1,584.42 as of 9:05 a.m. in Tokyo, swinging from an advance of 0.2 percent. The gauge climbed 13 percent this year through last week. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 0.2 percent to 19,866.57, having briefly traded above 20,000...