In Asia today, stocks fell sharply in the wake of the Friday sell-off on Wall Street.
The Nikkei fell 2.6% to 16,383.85, while the Hang Seng closed the morning session
down 786.23 points (2.7%) at 28,686.29.
Crude oil for November delivery fell as much as 88 cents to $87.72 a barrel in
electronic trading.