In the US tonight, the Dow closed up 283.86 points at 13,861.73, while the S&P500
ended ahead 28.94 points at 1,547.7 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 49.94
points at 2,701.73.
In Asia today, the Nikkei was recently up 266.07 points at 18,250.21, while the
Hang Seng was 202 points ahead at 22,809.02.
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, was
two cents higher at $72.52 a barrel from $72.50 in late US trades Thursday.