Global Markets - Stocks Slip Ahead of Central Bank Decisions, Key Data

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

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 1%, led by a drop of as much as 2.7% in South Korean shares, one of the world's best-performing markets this year.