Asian stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite Index was off 1 point at 2,922.54 and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 advanced 0.2% to 20,656.93. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.1% to 25,601.70. Seoul's Kospi shed 0.2% to 1,964.24 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 was 3 points lower at 6,576.20. India's Sensex fell 1% to 36,916.76. New Zealand and Singapore advanced while Indonesia retreated. In Europe, London's FTSE 100 rose 1.1% and France's CAC 40 added 0.2%. Germany's DAX was 0.1% higher. Benchmark U.S. crude lost 22 cents to $54.88 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.61 on Monday to close at $55.10. Brent crude, used to price international oils, added 1 cent to $58.67 per barrel in London. It sank 69 cents the previous session to $58.66. The dollar advanced to 106.29 yen from Monday's 106.22 yen. The euro declined to $1.0936 from $1.0969.
