08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 27/11/02            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                      9944.59  (- 50.93 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      3174.11  (- 12.92 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                   383.043 (+  1.096)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                   8875.88  (+ 51.89 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     708.07  (+  5.80 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              632.42  (-  8.26 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1036.27  (- 14.58 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSE40)                 1946.13  (+  0.33 )              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                   112.476 (-  0.523)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   188.28  (+  2.76 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      1394.94  (- 10.33 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     2968.2   (- 11.1  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    4633.03  (- 44.86 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        361.35  (+  0.14 )              
                                                                              
    15. LONDON (FT100)                       4144.2   (+ 73.2  )              
    16. NEW YORK (DJIA)                      8931.68  (+255.26 )              
    17. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                    938.87  (+ 25.56 )              
    18. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    6604.25  (+126.48 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1125.67  (+ 38.18 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1487.94  (+ 43.51 )