08:51     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 30/11/04            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14060.05  (-  6.86 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6234.29  (+ 76.52 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                   977.767 (+ 13.681)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  10899.25  (- 78.64 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     878.06  (+ 12.66 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              917.19  (+  1.29 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1830.96  (+ 16.86 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2990.796 (+  2.492)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    82.383 (+  0.203)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   238.88  (+  1.05 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2027.66  (- 11.06 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3942.8   (+  4.6  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5844.76  (+ 59.50 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        656.73  (-  0.52 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1173.82  (-  4.75 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9030.05  (- 26.36 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1414.81  (- 13.18 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1100.66  (-  4.49 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1571.50  (-  8.94 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2096.81  (- 10.06 )