Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower on Thursday. Benchmarks in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul declined, while Shanghai advanced, AP reported. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo fell 0.5% to 23,510.15 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 1.1% to 24,387.54. The Shanghai Composite Index gained less than 0.1% to 3,343.42. The Kospi in Seoul shed 1% to 2,356.81. In Sydney, the S&P-ASX 200 gained 0.6% to 6,218.00 while India's Sensex opened down 0.4% at 40,642.27. New Zealand and Southeast Asian markets declined. In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude gained 3 cents to $41.07 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, added 2 cents to $43.34 per barrel in London. The dollar gained to 105.25 yen from Wednesday's 105.15 yen. The euro gained to $1.1755 from $1.1753.