Asian shares were mixed Monday, AP reported. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 finished flat at 23,629.34 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.3 percent to 33,051.47. The Shanghai Composite index lost nearly 1.0 percent to 3,523.00. South Korea's Kospi gained 0.9 percent to 2,598.19 and the S&P ASX/200 in Australia added 0.4 percent to 6,075.40. Shares rose in Singapore and Thailand but fell in Indonesia. The dollar fell to 108.95 yen from 109.26 late Friday in Asia. The euro fell to $1.2415 from $1.2443. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 12 cents to $66.26 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It rose 63 cents, or 1 percent, to $66.14 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, dropped 55 cents to $69.97 per barrel.
