Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday, AP reported. Japan's Nikkei 225 index recovered from early losses to edge 0.1% higher at 22,001.32 and South Korea's Kospi was flat at 2,062.33. The S&P ASX/200 in Sydney added 0.3% to 6,695.30. But the Shanghai Composite index skidded 1.7% to 2,978.71 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 1.0%. Elsewhere in Asia, India's Sensex fell 0.8%. Shares also lost ground in Singapore but rose in Indonesia and Thailand. Benchmark U.S. crude oil shed 52 cents to $62.38 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Monday, it soared $8.05 to settle at $62.90 a barrel. Brent crude oil, the international standard, declined 23 cents to $68.79 per barrel. It jumped $8.80 to close at $69.02 a barrel in London. In currency trading, the dollar rose to 108.22 Japanese yen from 108.15 yen on Monday. The euro weakened to $1.0995 from $1.1001.
