Asian stock markets rose Tuesday, AP reported. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 1 percent to 19,174.56 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 0.5 percent to 24,317.93. The Shanghai Composite Index declined 0.4 percent to 3,255.11 while Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 added 1.2 percent to 5,816.60. Seoul's Kospi rose 0.2 percent to 2,159.54 and India's Sensex advanced 0.5 percent to 29,383.62. Benchmarks in Singapore rose while Malaysia and Manila declined. New Zealand was unchanged. Benchmark U.S. crude gained 24 cents to $47.97 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 24 cents on Monday to $47.73. Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose 19 cents to $51.09 in London. It lost 2 cents the previous session. The dollar was unchanged at 110.65 yen. The euro edged down to $1.0863 from $1.0864.
