Shares advanced Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street shook off an early bout of unsettled trading and ended higher, the Associated Press reported. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng gained 0.9% to 15,313.22 after a 6.4% selloff the day before that took it to its lowest close in 14 years. The Shanghai Composite index rose 0.7%, to 2,999.55. In other Asian trading, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index rose 1.2% to 27,301.50 while the Kospi in Seoul added 0.3% to 2,242.42. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.3% to 6,799.50. Taiwan's benchmark fell 1.2%, while India's Sensex edged 0.2% higher. In other trading, the dollar fell to 148.88 Japanese yen from 148.94 yen. The euro rose to 98.81 cents from 98.75 cents. Benchmark U.S. crude oil picked up 31 cents to $84.89 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 47 cents to $84.58 per barrel on Monday. Brent crude, the international pricing standard, rose 28 cents to $84.86 per barrel.
