down as you see. it s now up 8%. still a very big jump. investors no doubt are raising significant concerns about what this could mean longer term, the high cost of energy, especially when you factor in a weakening global economic outlook. saudi arabia has about 35 to 40 days worth of reserves. that s according to aramco, the main producer there. so they can smooth things out, but if the repairs, if they can t get to these two major production centers up and running within that time, that s going to put a squeeze on supply, which will keep oil prices high. so take a look at the equities. the equities so far have been fairly new. here in asia the hong kong was the biggest loser down. it had to do with economic news coming out of china itself, particularly a comment from lee