Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Monday on concern over a resurgence of coronavirus cases and pessimism after Wall Street posted its worst week in nearly three months. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 3.5% to finish at 21,530.95. South Korea's Kospi slipped 4.8% to 2,030.82. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 2.2% to 5,719.80. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slid 2.2% to 23,775.37, while the Shanghai Composite edged down 0.9% to 2,892.94, AP reported. Benchmark U.S. crude oil lost $1.72 to $34.54 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It fell 8 cents to settle at $36.26 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell $1.29 to $37.44 a barrel. The dollar inched down to 107.27 Japanese yen from 107.37 yen. The euro fell to $1.1237 from $1.1303.
