In Asia today, the Nikkei closed down 352.92 points at 16,517.48, while the Hang
Seng was off 836.80 points at 30,656.08 at the end of the morning session.
New York\'s main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December,
was trading at $93.96 a barrel, up 47 cents from its close of $93.49 in US trade
Thursday.