Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday, AP reported. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.2 percent to close at 21,378.73 while the Shanghai Composite added 0.4 percent to 3,008.58. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.6 percent to 28,731.84, and Australia's S&P ASX 200 edged 0.1 percent higher to 6,136.00. South Korea's Kospi lost 0.2 percent to 2,145.62 and the Sensex in India climbed 0.3 percent to 38,345.90. Shares fell in Indonesia but rose in Singapore and Thailand. U.S. crude oil hovers near $60 per barrel. U.S. benchmark crude added 6 cents to $60.00 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It gained $1.12 Tuesday to $59.94 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, picked up 16 cents to $67.59 per barrel. The dollar weakened to 110.56 Japanese yen from 110.63 yen on Tuesday. The euro fell to $1.1263 from $1.1266.
