In Asia, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 19.84 points at 15,163.81 but the Nikkei was thriving, last up 179.78 points at 13,339.14.
With oil markets active over the weekend, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, was at $63.27 a barrel after an extraordinary trading session on Sunday when it fell $1.01 to $63.18 from Friday's close of $64.19.