Asian shares were mixed Thursday, taking their cues from a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 1.2% to finish at 28,279.09. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.3% to 7,335.90. South Korea's Kospi added 0.5% to 3,282.35. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 1.1% to 28,082.00, while the Shanghai Composite rose nearly 1.0% to 3,563.20, the Associated Press reported. In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell 78 cents to $72.35 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It dropped $2.12 to $73.13 per barrel on Wednesday. Brent crude, the international standard, lost 67 cents to $74.09 a barrel. In currency trading, the U.S. dollar fell to 109.80 Japanese yen from 109.97 yen. The euro cost $1.1843, up from $1.1838.