Shares edged higher in Asia on Wednesday, AP reported. Japan's Nikkei 225 index added 0.1% to 21,283.37 and the Kospi in South Korea advanced 0.2% to 2,064.86. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.2% to 27,708.87, and the S&P ASX 200 in Sydney edged 0.2% higher to 6,510.70. The Shanghai Composite index lost 0.5% to 2,891.70. Shares fell in Jakarta but rose in Singapore and Thailand. Benchmark U.S. crude slipped lost 66 cents to $62.47 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 8 cents on Tuesday to settle at $63.13 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, shed 49 cents to $71.69 per barrel. The dollar fell to 110.41 Japanese yen from 110.50 yen on Tuesday. The euro weakened to $1.1155 from $1.1161.
