Asian stocks fell for a fourth day, the longest losing streak on the regional benchmark since November, as a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report cast doubt on the strength of the recovery in the world’s biggest economy.

Nikkei 225 9,546.26 -142.19 -1.47%

Hang Seng 20,593 -197.98 -0.95%

S&P/ASX 200 4,319.85 -14.02 -0.32%

Shanghai Composite 2,285.78 -20.78 -0.90%

Toyota Motor Corp. fell 1.5 percent in Tokyo after U.S. payrolls grew at the slowest pace in five months and the yen rose against the dollar, damping the outlook for export earnings.

Samsung Electronics Co. slid 1.4 percent after Apple Inc. asked a U.S. court to block sales of products it said “slavishly copy” the iPhone and the iPad.

HTC Corp. dropped 6.2 percent in Taiwan after the smartphone maker posted its biggest drop in profit since listing a decade ago.