Asian stocks fell for a second day after weaker growth in U.S. payrolls and manufacturing added to evidence of a slowdown in the world's largest economy and as the yen rose, curbing the earnings outlook for Japanese exporters.

Nikkei 225 13,694.04 -105.31 -0.76%

Hang Seng 22,656.83 -80.18 -0.35%

S&P/ASX 200 5,129.97 -36.22 -0.70%

Shanghai Composite 2,174.12 -3.79 -0.17%

Rio Tinto Group, the world's second-largest mining company, declined 2 percent in Sydney, leading raw-materials shares lower as metals prices fell.

Lenovo Group Ltd. dropped 4 percent as a person familiar with the discussions said talks over the sale of International Business Machines Corp.'s server division to the Chinese computer maker broke down.

Toyota Motor Corp., the world's biggest carmaker, slid 1.1 percent in Tokyo.