In Asia today, the Hang Seng was recently up 77.67 points at 21,014.93, with
the Nikkei ahead 25.86 points at 17,554.86.
New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
delivery in June, was up 0.20 cents at $62.75 a barrel from $62.55 in late trading
in the US.