Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday, the Associated Press reported. The Shanghai Composite index fell 0.6% to 3,432.01. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index edged less than 0.1% higher, to 29,732.98, and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong climbed 0.6% to 28,907.15. In South Korea, the Kospi lost 0.2% to 3,049.16. Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 inched 0.1% higher, to 6,771.00. In other trading Monday, benchmark U.S. crude oil climbed 50 cents to $66.11 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 41 cents to $65.61 per barrel on Friday. Brent crude, the international standard, added 47 cents to $69.69 per barrel. The U.S. dollar rose to 109.18 Japanese yen from 109.02 yen late Friday. The euro fell to $1.1944 from $1.1949.
