08:49     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 03/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14237.42  (+  7.28 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6679.20  (+ 76.51 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1000.877 (+  0.644)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                         CLOSED                     
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     893.71  (-  2.21 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              903.84  (-  3.59 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1846.90  (+ 24.07 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                      CLOSED                     
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2070.15  (+  4.01 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                           CLOSED                     
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6143.12  (+  3.43 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                             CLOSED                     
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1202.08  (-  9.84 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                          CLOSED                     
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                             CLOSED                     
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1127.69  (-  9.74 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1603.51  (- 17.61 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2152.15  (- 23.29 )