Shares edged higher in Asia on Tuesday, AP reported. The Shanghai Composite index rose 0.8% to 2,999.91 while Japan's Nikkei 225 added 0.2% to 22,123.49. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng index gained 0.3% to 26,305.85. Elsewhere in Asia, the Kospi in South Korea climbed 0.3% to 2,098.01 and Australia's S&P ASX 200 edged 0.1% higher to 6,755.50. Shares fell in Indonesia but were higher in Singapore and Thailand. Benchmark crude oil lost 32 cents to settle at $58.32 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 55 cents on Monday to $58.64 per barrel. Brent crude oil, the international standard, declined 43 cents to $63.30 a barrel. The dollar rose to 107.61 Japanese yen from 107.54 yen on Monday. The euro weakened to $1.0990 from $1.0994.
