In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 32 points at 19,733.85,
while the Nikkei recently stood at 17,513.46, up 32.85 points.
New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in May, was down 20 cents at $62.71 a barrel from $62.91 in late trading
in the US overnight.