European stocks gained in early trading Wednesday while Asian markets were mixed, AP reported. Germany's DAX gained 0.2 percent to 13,404.15 and France's CAC 40 added 0.2 percent to 5,491.36. London's FTSE 100 rose 0.1 percent to 7,521.06. On Tuesday, the DAX and FTSE 100 both shed 0.7 percent and the CAC 40 lost 0.5 percent. On Wall Street, futures for the Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Dow Jones industrial average were unchanged. The S&P lost 0.49 points on Tuesday while the Dow gained 8.8 points and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3 percent. Japan's Nikkei 225 index shed 0.1 percent to 22,913.82 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng retreated 0.3 percent to 28,907.60. The Shanghai Composite Index gained 2 points to 3,415.46 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 added 2 points to 6,116.30. Seoul's Kospi advanced 0.3 percent to 2,552.40 and India's Sensex edged up 14 points to 33,383.74. Benchmarks in Singapore and Bangkok advanced while New Zealand, and Jakarta declined. The dollar declined to 113.87 yen from Tuesday's 113.99 yen. The euro edged up to $1.1605 from $1.1588. Benchmark U.S. crude declined 10 cents to $57.10 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost 15 cents on Tuesday to close at $57.20. Brent crude, used to price international oils, shed 4 cents to $63.65 in London. It lost 58 cents the previous session to close at $64.27.
