Asian stocks and the euro fell on Thursday as markets erred on the side of caution over the ongoing Greek debt negotiations amid conflicting headlines on progress in the talks. The uncertainty is expected to be highlighted in a mixed open for European bourses with spreadbetters forecasting Britain’s FTSE to fall as much as 0.1 percent, Germany’s DAX up 0.3 percent and a flat start for France’s CAC. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.5 percent on a broad decline in markets from Australia to China.