Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday, AP reported. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index picked up 0.6%, to 21,885.24, India's Sensex climbed 0.2% to 38,751.77 while the Kospi in South Korea climbed 0.4% to 2,070.62. Shares rose in Singapore but fell in Jakarta and Bangkok. Benchmark U.S. crude added 38 cents to $54.45 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost $1.84 to settle at $54.07 per barrel Monday. Brent crude, the international standard, gained 32 cents to $59.57 per barrel. It fell $1.13 to $60.78 a barrel in London. The dollar rose to 108.26 Japanese yen from 108.09 yen on Monday. The euro weakened to $1.0883 from $1.0900.
