Global stock markets were mixed Monday, AP reported. In early trading, London's FTSE 100 rose 0.2 percent to 7,452.04 while France's CAC 40 was little changed at 5,377.12. Germany's DAX held steady at 13,134.78. On Friday, the FTSE 100 lost 0.7 percent, while the CAC 40 shed 0.5 percent and the DAX dipped 0.4 percent. On Wall Street, futures for the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index were unchanged. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.4 percent to 3,447.84 while Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell 1.3 percent to 22,380.99. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.2 percent to 29,182.18 and Seoul's Kospi shed 0.5 percent to 2,530.35. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 retreated 0.1 percent to 6,021.80 and India's Sensex lost 0.4 percent to 33,164.85. Benchmarks in New Zealand and Jakarta advanced while Singapore fell. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 5 cents to $56.69 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 43 cents on Friday to close at $56.74. Brent crude, used to price international oils, added 1 cent to $63.53 in London. It lost 39 cents the previous session to $63.52. The dollar rose to 113.44 yen from Friday's 113.21 yen. The euro advanced to $1.1645 from $1.1643.
