Asian stock markets were mixed Monday, AP reported. Hong Kong fell, while Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul were little-changed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.4% to 27,585.18. The Shanghai Composite Index was up less than 2 points at 2,969.52 and Tokyo's Nikkei was flat at 24,023.65. Seoul's Kospi was off less than 2 points at 2,168.27. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 gained 1.8% to 6,859.80 and India's Sensex opened down 5 points at 41,004.98. New Zealand retreated and Singapore was unchanged. Benchmark U.S. crude lost 21 cents to $59.86 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 89 cents on Friday to $60.07. Brent crude, used to price international oils, lost 20 cents to $65.02 per barrel in London. It rose $1.02 the previous session to $65.22. The dollar gained to 109.39 yen from Friday's 109.33 yen. The euro advanced to $1.1130 from $1.1120.
