Global stocks were mixed Tuesday, AP reported. Germany's DAX lost 0.1 percent to 12,987.49 while France's CAC 40 was unchanged at 5,362.06 and London's FTSE 100 held steady at 7,525.48. On Monday, the CAC 40 gained 0.2 percent and the DAX added 0.1 percent while the FTSE slipped 0.1 percent. On Wall Street, futures for the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index were unchanged. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.2 percent to 3,372.04 while Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 0.4 percent to 21,336.12. Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended unchanged at 28,697.49 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 rose 0.7 percent to 5,889.60. Seoul's Kospi advanced 0.2 percent to 2,484.37 and India's Sensex was off 0.2 percent at 32,565.54. Benchmarks in New Zealand and Singapore gained while Bangkok retreated. Benchmark U.S. crude gained 12 cents to $51.99 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract climbed 42 cents on Monday to close at $51.87. Brent crude, used to price international oils, added 25 cents to $57.82 in London. It rose 65 cents the previous session to $57.82. The dollar declined to 112.12 yen from Monday's 112.18. The euro retreated to $1.1772 from $1.1798.
