European shares opened mixed on Friday, AP reported. Germany's DAX lost 0.2% to 15,763.02. In Paris, the CAC 40 was down 0.1%, at 7,548.64. Britain's FTSE rose 0.3% to 7,921.76. In Asian trading, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.3% to 28,564.37. The Kospi in Seoul dropped 0.7% to 2,544.40. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gave up 1.6% to 20,075.73. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney lost 0.4% to 7,333.40, while the Shanghai Composite shed 2% to 3,301.26. In other trading, Benchmark U.S. crude oil gained 6 cents to $77.43 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). It declined $1.87 to $77.37 per barrel on Thursday. Brent Crude, the international pricing standard, added 6 cents to $81.16 per barrel. The U.S. dollar fell to 133.76 Japanese yen from 134.24 yen. The Euro weakened to $1.0960 from $1.0970.
