In Asia today, the Hang Seng closed the morning up 190.57 points at 29,524.1,
while the Nikkei lost 0.6% at 16,253.04.
Crude oil for December delivery advanced as much as 85 cents to $87.95 a barrel,
after surging $1.83 to end at $87.10 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange
Wednesday.