Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday, AP Reported. Tokyo's benchmark, the Nikkei 225, shed 0.2% to 27,464.69. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.2% to 7,336.30. South Korea's Kospi gained nearly 0.2% to 2,458.72. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dipped 1.6% to 20,561.77, while the Shanghai Composite gained 0.1% to 3,294.37. In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell 4 cents to $76.30 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international pricing standard, lost 99 cents to $83.08 a barrel. In currency trading, the U.S. dollar inched up to 134.38 Japanese yen from 134.26 yen. The euro cost $1.0676, down from $1.0689.
