In Asia today, the Hang Seng closed the morning down 295.63 points at 20,504.53,
while the Nikkei was recently down 279.74 points at 17,773.64.
New York Mecantile Exchange's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in
July, was down 18 cents at $66.75 a barrel from $66.93 in late trading in the US overnight.