In the US tonight, according to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial Average fell 5.77 to 11,555.00. The S&P500 rose 1.31 to 1,321.18, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.16 to 2,235.75.
In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 7.62 points at 17,394.83, while the Nikkei was recently up 124.89 points at 15,991.82.
New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for October delivery, was up 27 cents at $64.07 a barrel from its last settlement price of $63.80 in US overnight trade.