In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 264.64 points at 20,558.40,
while the Nikkei was recently ahead 245.80 points at 17,834.06.
New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in
July, was down 18 cents at $63.31 a barrel from $63.49 in late trading in the US
overnight.