BANGKOK-- Shares advanced Friday in Europe and Asia, AP reported.
Germany's DAX was flat at 15,063.33 while the CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.5% to 7,007.77. Britain's FTSE 100 climbed 0.6% to 7,841.77. The futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% lower.
In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.3% to 26,119.52..
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1% to 21,738.66 and the Shanghai Composite index climbed 1% to 3,195.31. The Kospi in Seoul added 0.9% to 2,386.09, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 0.7% to 7,328.10.
In other trading Friday, U.S. benchmark crude oil gained 36 cents to $78.75 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It gained 98 cents to $78.39 a barrel on Thursday.
Brent crude, the pricing basis for international trading, lost 11 cents to $81.28 per barrel.
The dollar fell to 128.34 Japanese yen from 129.24 yen. The euro slipped to $1.0841 from $1.0849.
Source: Saudi Press Agency