BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets stalled Tuesday following the release of disappointing U.S. corporate earnings, but a weakening yen helped support Japanese shares.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 0.1 percent to 9,017.83, a day after the country’s currency fell to a three-month low against the dollar. A weak yen helps the country’s mammoth export sector by raising the value of company profits repatriated from abroad.

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