Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after a retreat on Wall Street, the Associated Press reported. Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai declined while Sydney advanced. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.8% to 26,910.87, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 1.1% to 24,062.67. In Seoul, the Kospi gave up 0.2% to 2,739.59 and the Shanghai Composite index fell 0.4% to 3,476.47. India's Sensex lost 0.2% and Thailand's benchmark was 0.5% lower. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.2% to 7,233.60 as the country prepared to reopen its borders to more international travel after nearly two years of being mostly sequestered due to the pandemic. In other trading Monday, U.S. benchmark crude oil lost 74 cents to $89.47 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It gained 17 cents to $90.21 on Friday. Brent crude, the international pricing standard, gave up 61 cents to $93.93 per barrel. The U.S. dollar slipped to 114.97 Japanese yen from 115.12 yen late Friday. The euro rose to $1.1365 from $1.1324.
