Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after the Nasdaq composite touched a fresh record as enthusiasm about reopening the economy pushed Wall Street still higher. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.4% to finish at 23,091.03 and South Korea's Kospi was flat at 2,184.57. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 1.7% to 25,189.65, while the Shanghai Composite index gained 0.4% to 2,949.87. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 2.4% to 6,144.90, tracking Wall Street's recent gains. The market was closed on Monday for a public holiday, AP reported. Benchmark U.S. crude oil gained 40 cents to $38.59 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It fell $1.36 to $38.19 a barrel on Monday. Brent crude oil rose 34 cents to $41.14 a barrel. The U.S. dollar fell to 108.03 Japanese yen from 108.44 yen. The euro was virtually unchanged at $1.1288 from $1.1289.
