In the US tonight, The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 23.55 at 12,765.41 at its unofficial close, marking another new high. The S&P 500 rose 1.53 point to 1,456.83 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 8.72 points to 2,497.10.
In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning down 15.39 points at 20,523.03, while the Nikkei closed down 21.58 points at 17,875.65.
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, was down four cents at $57.95 a barrel from $57.99 in late US trades overnight.
HSX upgraded to buy from add - ABN Amro
MGCR upgraded to hold from reduce - Dresdner Kleinwort
REL downgraded to equal-weight from overweight - Lehman Brothers
RSW iniated at buy - target 900 - Merrill Lynch