Asian stocks surged Tuesday, AP reported. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 jumped 1.5 percent to 22,900.83 and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.5 percent to 3,406.61. Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 1.2 percent to 28,943.64 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 added 1 percent to 6,015.10. Seoul's Kospi declined 0.2 percent to 2,543.35 and India's Sensex lost 0.2 percent to 33,676.56. Benchmarks in Singapore and Jakarta advanced, while New Zealand and Manila retreated. Benchmark U.S. crude lost 1 cent to $57.34 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract surged $1.70 on Monday to close at $57.35. Brent crude, used to price international oils, declined 6 cents to $64.21 in London. It soared $2.20 the previous session to $64.27. The dollar climbed to 113.88 yen from Monday's 113.71. The euro declined to $1.1608 from $1.1612.
