May 9 - Soaring oil prices again weigh on Asian stocks.
Japan's Nikkei dropped 2 percent, posting its first weekly decline in eight weeks.
But Australian shares bucked the trend by rising more than 1 percent by midday as strong commodity prices lifted resource firms and on a strong financial sector.
Kitty Bu reports.
No videos currently selected.
Click
on any video below, from any channel, to add it to your playlist.

