Shares were mostly lower in Asia, AP reported. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.6% to 21,755.84 and the Shanghai Composite dropped 0.9% to 2,905.19. India's Sensex declined 0.8% to 38,506.97. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.4% to 26,056.60, while Sydney's S&P ASX 200 gave up early gains, losing 0.4% to 6,688.30. The Kospi in South Korea advanced 0.6% to 2,063.05. Shares also fell in Indonesia and Thailand. Benchmark crude oil fell back, losing 20 cents to $55.71 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 50 cents on Friday to $55.91 a barrel. Brent crude oil, the international standard, also declined, shedding 26 cents to $60.78 a barrel. The dollar slipped to 107.84 Japanese yen from 107.97 yen. The euro strengthened to $1.0937 from $1.0934.
