Asian shares mostly up as markets get over Brexit shock

Asian shares mostly up as markets get over Brexit shock

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly up Thursday as markets continued to gradually get over the shock set off by Britain's vote last week to leave the European Union.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.9 percent in early trading to 15,711.98, while South Korea's Kospi rose 0.3 percent to 1,962.49.

THE QUOTE: "The Brexit is only four market-days old, and equities are right back where they've been all year — running sideways," according to a report by the Group Strategic Marketing & Communications of DBS Bank in Hong Kong.

In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell 42 cents to $49.46 a barrel in New York.