MW : October crude-oil futures extend gains on Globex
Benchmark Nymex October futures rose 10 cents to $72.59 a barrel in midday Asian trade on Globex, after moving in a range between $72.55 and $73.03 a barrel during the session.
The front-month contract had ended up $1.06 at $72.49 a barrel Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
October natural-gas futures dropped 2.6 cents to $3.18 per million British thermal units on Globex.
The gains came as Japan's Nikkei 225 Average rose 0.2%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.6%, South Korea's Kospi advanced 0.3% and India's Sensex 30 climbed 0.3% in early Mumbai trading. The main losers among the regional markets were Shanghai, down 2.5% and Hong Kong, its Hang Seng Index off 0.5%.
Varahabhotla Phani Kumar is a reporter in MarketWatch's Hong Kong bureau.
