Major Asian stock markets fell Tuesday, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.8% to 2,985.32 and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 shed 0.5% to 21,176.13. Hong Kong's Hang Seng retreated 1.3% to 28,155.24. Seoul's Kospi lost 0.2% to 2,121.64 while Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 shed 7.4 points to 6,658.00. India's Sensex rose 0.3% to 39,226.52. Markets in Southeast Asia and New Zealand advanced. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 45 cents to $57.45 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 47 cents on Monday to close at $57.90. Brent crude, used to price international oils, lost 42 cents to $63.75 per barrel in London. It shed 27 cents the previous session to $64.18. The dollar declined to 106.94 yen from Monday's 107.29 yen. The euro slipped to $1.1396 from $1.1400.
