In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 12.97 points at 20,801.58,
while the Nikkei was recently up 116.51 points at 17,643.96.
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, was 18
cents higher at $63.28 a barrel, from $63.10 in late US trades overnight when it
dropped 51cents.