Asia stocks slide as weak results halt record Wall St run, yen holds gains

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Nichola Saminather TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks dipped on Friday after weak corporate results halted Wall Street's record run overnight, while the yen held to large gains made after the Bank of Japan governor downplayed the need for "helicopter money" stimulus. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.4 percent. It remained close to its nine-month high seen on Thursday, and is headed for a fractional 0.1 percent gain on the week,