Japanese stocks tumbled while Chinese markets gained Monday, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.3 percent to 3,133.61 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 0.1 percent to 22,898.96. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell 1 percent to 18,945.06 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 lost 0.8 percent to 5,609.90. India's Sensex advanced 0.3 percent to 27,114.11 and Seoul's Kospi was unchanged at 2,065.94. Jakarta declined while other Southeast Asian benchmarks rose. New Zealand also gained. Benchmark U.S. crude shed 10 cents to $53.12 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, retreated 6 cents to $55.43 in London. It soared $1.33 the previous session to close at $55.49. The dollar declined to 113.69 yen from Friday's 114.53. The euro gained to $1.0740 from $1.0702.
