Asia stocks dip before U.S. jobs report, dollar nurses losses

The potential for a strong U.S. non-farm payrolls number later in day - and with it an elevated chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike soon - kept Asian financial markets nervously marking time on Friday. Asian equity markets took few cues from overnight moves on Wall Street, where stocks were flat with gains in the tech sector offseting sluggish U.S. factory activity data and lower oil prices. A report from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) on Thursday showed U.S. factory activity contrac