In Asia today, the Hang Seng was up 0.4% to 23,398.75, while the Nikkei was
413.56 higher at 13,914.02 heading for the close.
April crude-oil futures gained as much as 77 cents to $99.58 a barrel in electronic
trading, after rising 58 cents to $98.81 a barrel Friday in regular trading on the
New York Mercantile Exchange.