Most major global stock markets rose Monday, AP reported. In early trading, Germany's DAX gained 0.5 percent to 12,450.92 and London's FTSE 100 added 0.3 percent to 7,373.59. France's CAC-40 advanced 0.2 percent to 5,155.29. On Friday, the FTSE 100 gained 0.2 percent and the DAX added 0.1 percent while the CAC 40 lost 0.1 percent. On Wall Street, the future for the Dow Jones industrial average rose just under 0.1 percent and the Standard & Poor's 500 just under 0.2 percent. Tokyo's Nikkei index gained 0.8 percent to 20,080.98 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.7 percent to 25,501.41. The Shanghai Composite Index declined 0.2 percent to 3,212.63 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 advanced 0.4 percent to 5,724.40. India's Sensex rose 0.9 percent to 31,631.98 and Seoul's Kospi added 0.1 percent to 2,382.10. Singapore also rose while benchmarks in New Zealand and the Philippines declined. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 8 cents to $44.15 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract plunged $1.29 on Friday to close at $44.23. Brent crude, used to price international oils, shed 5 cents to $46.66 in London. It lost $1.40 the previous session. The dollar gained to 114.21 yen from Friday's 113.92 yen. The euro edged up to $1.1405 from $1.1400.
