Asian stock markets gained Tuesday, AP reported. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo rose 5.9% to 17,884.57 and Seoul's Kospi gained 5.9% to 1,571.00. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.1% to 2,688.40. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong was 3.8% higher at 22,513.57 and Australia's S&P-ASX 200 gained 3.4% to 4,700.90. India's Sensex opened 1.2% higher at 26,281.86 and New Zealand and Singapore also advanced. In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude rose 96 cents to $24.32 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, added 98 cents to $28.01 per barrel in London. The dollar declined to 110.33 yen from Monday's 111.23. The euro gained to $1.0795 from $1.0721.
