08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 04/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14045.90  (-191.52 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6651.01  (- 28.19 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1018.543 (+ 17.666)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11517.75  (+ 28.99 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     886.90  (-  6.81 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              902.49  (-  1.35 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1873.07  (+ 26.17 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                       CLOSED                    
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    75.290 (-  0.362)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   222.52  (+  2.72 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2068.49  (-  1.66 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4060.7   (+  7.7  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6060.46  (- 82.66 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        684.48  (+ 16.38 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1188.05  (- 14.03 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9142.98  (-103.67 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1462.92  (+  9.97 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1114.56  (- 13.13 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1571.83  (- 31.68 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2107.86  (- 44.29 )