In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 295.54 points at 18,960.42,
while the Nikkei closed up 202.25 points at 16,844.50.
New York Mercantile Exchange's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in
April, was up 7 cents at $60.14 a barrel from $60.07 in late trading in the US
overnight.