Asian stock markets were mixed on Monday, AP reported. Japan's Nikkei 225 dipped 0.5 percent to 22,707.16 while South Korea's Kospi added 0.8 percent to 2,495.18. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.5 percent to 29,230.85 and the Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.1 percent to 3,315.87. Australia's S&P ASX 200 rose fell less than 0.1 percent to 5,985.60. Stocks in Southeast Asia were mixed. Singapore stocks fell but the benchmark in Indonesia surged 1 percent. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 37 cents to $57.99 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 96 cents, or 1.7 percent, to settle at $58.36 a barrel on Friday. Brent, the international standard, lost 28 cents to $63.45 per barrel in London. It added $1.10, or 1.8 percent, to close at $63.73 a barrel on Friday. The U.S. dollar rose to 112.84 yen from 112.13 yen while the euro weakened to $1.1867 from $1.1896.
