SINGAPORE: Asian shares were mixed in early Asian trading on Tuesday after oil prices surged to a one-year high and optimism over Hillary Clinton's widening lead in the U.S. presidential election campaign pushed Wall Street higher.Brent crude rose to as high as $53.73 on Monday, the highest level since Oct. 9, 2015. It closed up 2.3 percent at $53.14.U.S. crude futures jumped 3.1 percent to $51.26 on Monday, a four-month high. The Mexican currency retained those gains on Tuesday.Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the U.S. Congress, all but conceded on Monday that Clinton was likely to win the White House on Nov. 8, and said he would put his full energy into preserving Republican majorities in Congress so as not to give her a "blank check. "Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives, said he would not defend Trump or campaign for him after the uproar over the New York businessman's sexually aggressive comments that surfaced on Friday.

Source: The Star October 11, 2016 01:19 UTC