Global stocks were mixed Wednesday, AP reported. In early trading, London's FTSE 100 gained 0.1% to 7,350.54 and Frankfurt's DAX added 0.2% to 12,388.27. France's CAC 40 was 0.1% higher at 5,624.83. On Wall Street, futures for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average were off 0.1%. In Asia, the Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.2% to 2,985.66 while Tokyo's Nikkei 225 shed 0.2% to 21,960.71. Hong Kong's Hang Seng retreated 0.1% to 26,754.12. Seoul's Kospi gained 0.2% to 2,070.73 while Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 fell 0.2% to 6,681.60. India's Sensex advanced 0.3% to 36,592.16. New Zealand and Southeast Asian markets retreated. Benchmark U.S. crude lost 56 cents to $58.78 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract plunged $3.56 on Tuesday to close at $59.34. Brent crude, used to price international oils, fell 56 cents to $63.99 per barrel in London. It sank $4.47 the previous session to $64.55. The dollar gained to 108.22 yen from 108.12 yen on Monday. The euro declined to $1.1051 from $1.1072.
