Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.1% to 3,076.90 and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 0.5% to 24,055.77. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 1 point at 2,259.16. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 gained 0.5% to 7,074.10. Benchmark U.S. crude lost 1 cent to $58.53 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 71 cents to $58.52 on Thursday. Brent crude, used to price international oils, lost 2 cents to $64.60 per barrel in London. It rose 62 cents the previous session to $64.62. The dollar advanced to 110.22 yen from Thursday's 110.13 yen. The euro declined to $1.1132 from $1.1136.
