In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 50.50 points at 20,329.71,
while the Nikkei reached the midpoint up 24.75 points at 17,565.17.
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, was up
19 cents at $64.04 per barrel after surging $1.84 to $63.85 in US trading overnight.