Asian stock markets rose Monday, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3 percent to 3,402.92 and Seoul's Kospi advanced 0.6 percent to 2,511.40. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 rose 0.1 percent to 6,130.40 and India's Sensex added 0.6 percent to 34,369.09. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.1 percent to 30,786.77 while Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Benchmarks in most of Southeast Asia rose while New Zealand and Manila declined. Benchmark U.S. crude gained 10 cents to $61.54 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 57 cents on Friday to close at $67.62. Brent crude, used to price international oils, advanced 8 cents to $67.70 in London. It lost 45 cents the previous session to $67.62. The dollar gained to 113.13 yen from Friday's 113.07 yen. The euro held steady at $1.2032.
