Major global stock markets fell Friday, AP reported. In early trading, London's FTSE 100 lost 0.3% to 7,531.13 and the DAX in Frankfurt fell 1.4% to 15,311.15. The CAC 40 in Paris shed 0.7% to 6,975.01. On Wall Street, the future for the benchmark S&P 500 index was up less than 0.1%. That for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off less than 0.1%. The Dow slipped less than 0.1%. The Nasdaq composite dropped 1.4%. In Asia, the Shanghai Composite Index lost 1% to 3,361.44 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 1.1% to 23,550.08. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo surged 2.1% to 26,717.34, recovering most of its losses from the previous day's 2.5% slide. The Kospi in Seoul rose 1.9% to 2,663.34 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 advanced 2.2% to 6,988.10. India's Sensex gained less than 0.1% to 57,322.38. New Zealand and Singapore declined while other Southeast Asian markets rose. In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude rose 31 cents to $86.92 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the price basis for international oils, advanced 23 cents to $88.40 per barrel in London. The dollar gained to 115.53 yen from Thursday's 115.31 yen. The euro declined to $1.1134 from $1.1142.