In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 584.58 points at 21,969.19,
while the Nikkei was up 296.28 points at 12,260.44 in late trading.
New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for April delivery, dropped $1.06
to $108.36 a barrel, down from $109.42 Tuesday at the close of US trades.