In Asia today, the Hang Seng was last up 73.66 points at 23,365.56, while the
Nikkei was recently off 8.27 points at 17,955.37.
Crude oil for September delivery fell as much as 24 cents to $74.65 a barrel after
losing 90 cents to close at $74.89 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange
Monday.