Asian stocks slump on Fed rate hike fears, commodity rout

Asian stocks slid Friday following sharp losses on Wall Street as a slump in commodities markets deterred investors from riskier assets and expectations grew that the U.S. would soon move to raise interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.8 percent to 19,534.97 while South Korea's Kospi shed 0.8 percent to 1,976.88. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slumped 1.9 percent to 22,454.66 while the Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China...