Asian stocks mostly lower on higher oil prices

Source: Marketwatch
Asian equities traded mostly down on Monday trade as investors were concerned regarding rapidly growing oil prices. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index both dropped 0.9% while South Korea's Kospi index tumbled 1.4%. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average slipped 0.1% whereas China's Shanghai Composite was the only major stock index that ended on the positive side, advancing 0.3%. 
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