08:47     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 23/01/03            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                      9584.70  (+ 24.41 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      3328.18  (- 28.86 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                   406.770 (+  1.069)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                   8790.92  (+179.88 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     625.18  (+  2.69 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              670.78  (-  1.63 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1048.53  (-  3.91 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSE40)                 1988.63  (+  4.76 )              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                   123.523 (-  1.640)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   201.30  (-  1.96 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      1364.41  (-  4.72 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     2997.8   (-  1.3  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5078.80  (+ 85.53 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        376.56  (+  3.39 )              
                                                                              
    15. LONDON (FT100)                       3622.2   (- 55.8  )              
    16. NEW YORK (DJIA)                      8369.47  (+ 50.74 )              
    17. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                    887.34  (+  8.98 )              
    18. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    6737.43  (+ 16.15 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1032.67  (+ 26.16 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1388.27  (+ 28.79 )