Global stock markets were flat to lower Tuesday, AP reported. In early trading, France's CAC 40 lost 0.3% to 5,566.04 and London's FTSE 100 was off 2 points at 7,438.79. Germany's DAX shed 0.2% to 12,305.37. On Wall Street, futures for the Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.1 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.5% to 3,078.34 while Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 shed 0.5% to 6,441.82. India's Sensex gave up 0.4% to 38,901.32. Singapore declined while New Zealand, and other Southeast Asian markets advanced. Benchmark U.S. crude gained 34 cents to $63.84 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 20 cents on Monday to close at $63.50 per barrel. Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose 35 cents to $71.89 per barrel in London. The contract rose 11 cents the previous session to $71.54. The dollar declined to 111.38 yen from Monday's 111.65 yen. The euro rose to $1.1202 from $1.1188.
