In Asia today, the Hang Seng was up 263.92 points at 28,833.25 at the midpoint.
The Nikkei rose as much as 1.5% to 17,443.20, after falling as low as 17,154.75
earlier in the day.
Crude-oil futures for November delivery rose as much as 23 cents to $81.53 a
barrel after rising $1.04 to $81.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange
Wednesday.