In Asia today, the Hang Seng was recently down 241.6 points at 27,373, while
the Nikkei closed the session down 112.05 points at 15,042.56.
Crude oil for December delivery added as much as 61 cents to $94.45 a barrel in
electronic trading, after climbing $1.67 to $95.10 a barrel on the New York
Mercantile Exchange Friday.