In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 58.48 points at 19,763.30,
while the Nikkei was recently up 36.71 points at 17,300.65.
New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in May, was up 62 cents at $66.65 a barrel from $66.03 in late trading in
the US overnight.