Shares opened moderately lower in Asia on Tuesday, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.4% to 2,893.35 while Japan's Nikkei 225 gave up 0.6% to 21,066.54. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong, reopening after a market holiday on Monday, sank 1.5% to 28,115.48. South Korea's Kospi climbed 0.6% to 2,090.55 while the S&P ASX 200 in Australia dropped 1% to 6,234.70. Shares fell in Southeast Asia. Energy futures recovered, with U.S. crude gaining 18 cents to $61.22 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 62 cents or 1% to settle at $61.04 per barrel on Monday. Brent crude, the international standard, picked up 23 cents to $70.46 per barrel. The dollar rose to 109.58 Japanese yen from 109.31 yen on Monday. The euro rose to $1.1239 from $1.1223.
