In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 56.33 points at 20,898.48,
while the Nikkei was recently 18,059.97, up 6.16 points.
New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for July delivery, was 25 cents
higher at $65.86 a barrel from $65.61 in US trading overnight where it had dropped
70 cents.