In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 603.04 points at 24,800.82,
while the Nikkei was recently up 237.51 points at 13,713.96.
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, was 9
cents lower at $116.60 a barrel after closing at a record $116.69 on Friday at the
New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract earlier struck an intraday all-time
peak of $117.