Global shares were mixed on Tuesday. Germany's DAX led the way, climbing nearly 0.9% to 11,893. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.1% to 7,194 and the CAC 40 in France also picked up 0.1% to 5,247. Wall Street looked set to rise on the open, with the future contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.4% at 24,986. The future for the S&P 500 index added 0.4% to 2,761. Earlier, in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.5% to 26,758.55 and the Shanghai Composite index slipped 1.0% to 2,862.28. Japan's Nikkei 225 index ended flat at 20,408.54. The Kospi in South Korea declined less than 0.1% to 2,066.97. Australia's S&P ASX 200 advanced 0.2% to 6,332.40. The dollar fell to 107.97 Japanese yen from 108.07 yen on Monday. The euro strengthened to $1.1260 from $1.1242. Benchmark U.S. crude slid 66 cents to $52.59 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Monday, it slid 0.5% to settle at $53.25 a barrel. Brent crude oil, the international standard, declined 85 cents to $60.43 per barrel. It closed 1.1% lower on Monday at $61.28 per barrel.
