World shares were mostly lower Monday, AP reported. Germany's DAX dropped 0.7% to 12,376.50 while the CAC 40 in Paris lost 0.5% to 5,662.00. Britain's FTSE 100 gave up 0.3% to 7,323.15. Wall Street looked ready for a steady start, with the future contracts for both the Dow Jones Industrial average and the S&P 500 up 0.1%. In Asian trading, the Shanghai Composite index skidded 1.0% to 2,977.08, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.8% to 26,223.83. In South Korea, the Kospi was flat at 2,091.70, while the S&P ASX 200 in Sydney advanced 0.3% to 6,749.70. Shares fell in Southeast Asia. India's Sensex climbed 3.0% to 39,164.77 on Monday. Tokyo's markets were closed for a holiday. U.S. crude oil added 38 cents to $58.47 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Friday, it lost 10 cents to $58.09 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, picked up 31 cents to $63.51 per barrel. In currency trading, the dollar weakened to 107.52 Japanese yen from 107.55 yen on Friday. The euro slipped to $1.0969 from $1.1020.