Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index paring its longest weekly winning streak since January. Japanese shares fell the most in six weeks ahead of the busiest week of earnings.

Nikkei 225 14,129.98 -432.95 -2.97%

Hang Seng 21,941.39 +40.43 +0.18%

S&P/ASX 200 5,042.03 +6.41 +0.13%

Shanghai Composite 2,010.85 -10.32 -0.51%

Toyota Motor Corp. lost 3.6 percent as the Japanese carmaker said it was outsold by General Motors Co. for the first time in six quarters.

Advantest Corp. slumped 9.7 percent in Tokyo after the chip-equipment maker posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss.

BBMG Corp. and Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd. slid in Hong Kong and mainland trading after they were cited by the Chinese government in a list of companies that must curb capacity this year.