Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite Exchange lost 0.8% to 2,909.75 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.7% to 27,580.21. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 lost 0.3% to 6,793.20 and benchmarks in New Zealand, and Southeast Asia also retreated. South Korea's Kospi gained 3 points to 2,028.44 and India's Sensex was down 11 points at 37108.81. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 72 cents to $57.86 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 53 cents on Wednesday to close at $58.58. Brent crude, used to price international oils, lost 69 cents to $64.36 per barrel in London. It rose 42 cents the previous session to $65.05. The dollar gained to 109.18 yen from Wednesday's 108.78 yen. The euro declined to $1.1050 from $1.1077.
