Asian stocks rose Tuesday, AP reported. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 2 percent to 20,745.28 and the Shanghai Composite Exchange added 0.3 percent to 2,661.89. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was 1.5 points higher at 28,122.41 and Seoul's Kospi gained 0.3 percent to 2,188.32. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 advanced 0.2 percent to 6,073.60 and New Zealand and Malaysia also rose. Manila and Jakarta declined. Benchmark U.S. crude gained 40 cents to $52.81 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost 31 cents on Monday to close at $52.41. Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose 49 cents in London to $62.00. It shed 59 cents the previous session to $61.51. The dollar gained to 110.47 yen from Monday's 110.36 yen. The euro edged up to $1.1283 from $1.1279.
