Major Asian share indexes meandered between modest gains and losses Tuesday after a retreat on Wall Street. Australia's benchmark led the declines, falling nearly 2% as the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to keep interest rates at record lows, as expected. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index was flat to finish at 23,138.07 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong was little changed at 25,168.27. South Korea's Kospi gained 0.8% to 2,344.48. The Shanghai Composite index inched less than 0.1% lower to 3,394.25. The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 1.8% to 5,953.40, AP reported. Benchmark U.S. crude oil added 42 cents to $43.03 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It fell 36 cents to $42.61 a barrel on Monday. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 48 cents to $45.76 a barrel. The U.S. dollar edged down to 105.74 Japanese yen from 105.94 yen. The euro cost $1.1982, up from $1.1940.