Asian stocks slid Tuesday, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.5 percent to 2,663.08 and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 lost 1.1 percent to 21,576.09. Hong Kong's Hang Seng retreated 1.8 percent to 25,884.22 and Seoul's Kospi shed 1 percent to 2,079.54. Australia's S&P-ASX 200 gave up 0.5 percent to 5,662.90 and India's Sensex was off 0.5 percent at 35,655.90. Benchmarks in New Zealand and Southeast Asia retreated. Benchmark U.S. crude lost 9 cents to $57.11 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 52 cents on Monday to $57.20. Brent crude, used to price international oils, fell 22 cents to $66.57 per barrel in London. It added 3 cents the previous session to $66.79. The dollar edged up to 112.59 yen from Monday's 112.53 yen. The euro declined to $1.1452 from $1.1454.
