Asian shares mostly fell Monday, though Shanghai's benchmark jumped after markets reopened from the Lunar New Year holidays, the Associated Press reported. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.8% to 27,229.97. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.1% to 7,110.80. South Koreas Kospi declined 0.4% to 2,738.42. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dipped 0.3% to 24,501.54, while the Shanghai Composite added 2% to 3,427.81. In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell 26 cents to $92.05 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It surged $2.04 on Friday to $92.31. Brent crude, the international standard, added 27 cents to $93.54 a barrel. In currency trading, the U.S. dollar edged up to 115.33 Japanese yen from 115.28 yen. The euro cost $1.1431, down from $1.1461.
