Asian stock prices followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday following a rally for major tech companies. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.7% to 3,381.84 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo advanced 0.3% to 29,106.84. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.5% to 28,9904.00. The Kospi in Seoul lost 0.6% to 2,957.54 while Australia's S&P-ASX 200 slid 0.4% to 6,745.60. India's Sensex opened up 0.4% at 51,229.28. New Zealand and Indonesia rose while Singapore retreated, the Associated Press reported. In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude lost 49 cents to $63.52 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract sank $1.04 on Tuesday to $64.01. Brent crude, used to price international oils, declined 61 cents to $66.91 per barrel in London. It retreated 72 cents the previous session to $67.52. The dollar rose to 108.83 yen from Tuesday's 108.47 yen. The euro declined to $1.1878 from $1.1901.
