Asian stock markets rose Monday, AP reported. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong and South Korea advanced. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. The Shanghai composite Index gained just 0.2% to 3,099.82 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.9% to 28,889.29. Seoul's Kospi advanced 1% to 2,2228.46 while Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 shed 0.4% to 6,903.70. India's Sensex opened up 0.7% at 41,887.16. Singapore and New Zealand retreated. Benchmark U.S. crude gained 11 cents to $59.15 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost 52 cents on Friday to close at $59.04. Brent crude, used to price international oils, advanced 6 cents to $65.03 per barrel in London. It declined 39 cents the previous session to $64.98. The dollar gained to 109.64 yen from Friday's 109.46 yen. The euro advanced to $1.1131 from $1.1123.