Global shares were mixed on Monday, AP reported. Germany's DAX dropped 3.3% to 10,507.33 and the CAC 40 in Paris lost 4% to 4,389.97. Britain's FTSE 100 declined 0.5% to 5,735.00. The future for the S&P 500 slipped 1.1% and that for the Dow industrials lost 1.2%. Tokyo, Shanghai and Bangkok were among markets closed for holidays. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 4.2% to 23,613.80 on Monday. The Kospi in South Korea dropped 2.7% to 1,895.37. Shares also fell by more than 2% in Singapore, and Jakarta. Australia's S&P ASX/200 gained 1.4% to 5,320.30, rebounding from early losses on gains in miners and banks. Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell $1.39 to $18.39 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international standard, gave up 56 cents to $25.88 per barrel. The dollar fetched 106.74 Japanese yen, down from 106.88 yen on Friday. The euro weakened to $1.0939 from $1.0980.
