Key Asian stocks fell, today, amid concern about political developments in the US. Key Asian markets also lost ground. So Japan's Nikkei 225 index slipped 1.3 percent; Singapore's Straits Times index lost 0.1 percent; South Korea's Kospi dropped 0.3 percent, each; China's Shanghai Composite index declined 0.5 percent; and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index shed 0.6 percent. In Europe, the UK's FTSE-100 had tumbled 1.4 percent, Germany's DAX had lost 0.9 percent, and France's CAC-40 had slumped 1.2 percent in intra-day trade. While stocks flashed warning lights again, the dollar steadied and seemed to be going for the 'calm down' option.