08:54     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 05/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13764.36  (-281.54 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6458.84  (-192.17 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1015.431 (-  3.112)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11437.52  (- 80.23 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     885.19  (-  1.71 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              907.96  (+  5.47 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1875.37  (+  2.30 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3087.392 (+ 22.953)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.297 (+  2.007)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   226.18  (+  3.66 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2071.04  (+  2.55 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4043.4   (- 17.3  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5988.37  (- 72.09 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        683.50  (-  0.98 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1183.74  (-  4.31 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9021.05  (-121.93 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1450.61  (- 12.31 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1110.17  (-  4.39 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1563.76  (-  8.07 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2091.24  (- 16.62 )