Major Asian stock markets fell Tuesday while Europe gained after Wall Street closed at record highs, according to AP. In morning trading, France's CAC-40 added 0.5 percent to 4,275.58 and Germany's DAX rose 0.2 percent to 9,886.83. On Monday, the DAX gained 0.7 percent and the CAC-40 0.3 percent. Wall Street looked set for more gains, with futures for the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index both up 0.1 percent. On Monday, the Dow rose 0.9 percent to 17,959.44 points and the S&P gained 0.4 percent to 2,078.54. The Shanghai Composite Index closed down 3 percent at 3,032.61 after spending much of the day in positive territory. Seoul's Kospi lost 0.2 percent to 1,939.02. India's Sensex declined 0.6 percent to 27,538.22. Benchmarks for smaller markets in Singapore, Manila, Jakarta and New Zealand gained, while Sydney fell. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 23 cents to $55.50 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Monday, the contract fell $1.87 to close at $55.26. Brent crude, used to price international oils, added 10 cents to $60.21. The dollar declined to Y120.13 yen from Monday's 120.14 yen. The euro was unchanged at $1.22.
