GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks slip as Delta spread spooks investors

Asian stocks were mostly negative on Tuesday as the Delta coronavirus variant spread in key markets and Chinese officials took aim at video game producers, once more rattling investor confidence in the mainland’s markets. In Asia, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat in the afternoon session after opening in negative territory. Japan’s Nikkei was off 0.52% later on Tuesday.