With only a few exceptions, it is mostly positive mood on the stock exchanges in Asia Monday.
In Japan rises Nikkei 0.63 percent, while the broader Topix index is up 0.67 percent .
the Shanghai Composite in China depreciates 2.23 percent, after surprisingly strong export decline in April. Hang Seng in Hong Kong was up 0.49 percent.
Kospi in South Korea is down 0.63 percent, the S & amp; P / ASX 200 index in Australia climbs 0.18 percent and Straits Times Singapore is up 0.45 percent.
Oil prices are helping to lift the stock exchanges. The reason for the rise is mainly forest fire that for several days has ravaged Albert in Canada. The region is Canada’s most important for the extraction of oil sands.
Brent oil traded now for $ 45.97 a barrel, up 1.32 percent, while WTI oil climbs 1.68 percent to $ 45.41 a barrel.
in comparison, a barrel of North Sea oil traded at $ 45.36 a barrel at the close of trading in Oslo on Friday.
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