Global stock markets were mixed Monday, AP reported. Germany's DAX shed 0.4 percent to 12,568.45 while London's FTSE 100 gained 4 points to 7,663.25. France's CAC 40 lost 1.5 points to 5,478.37. On Friday, the FTSE gained 1.1 percent, the DAX rose 0.6 percent and the CAC 40 added 0.3 percent. On Wall Street, futures for the Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Dow Jones industrial average were unchanged. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.3 percent to 2,705.16 and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 was off 18 points at 22,507.32. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.5 percent to 27,819.56 and Seoul's Kospi was down 1 point at 2,286.50. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 rose 0.6 percent to 6,273.00 and India's Sensex advanced 0.5 percent to 37,739.68. benchmarks in Singapore and New Zealand rose, while Bangkok declined. Benchmark U.S. crude gained 47 cents to $68.95 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract sank 47 cents on Friday to close at $68.49. Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose 33 cents to $73.55 in London. It lost 24 cents the previous session to $73.21. The dollar declined to 111.25 yen from Friday's 111.26 yen. The euro edged down to $1.1562 from $1.1569.
