In Asia today, the Hang Seng was last down 493.90 points at 27,171.83, while the
Nikkei had dipped 127.34 points to 15,070.
Crude oil for December delivery fell as much as 24 cents to $94.38 a barrel, after
dropping $1.70 to $94.62 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday.