08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 07/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13574.86  (-137.18 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6420.46  (+ 53.07 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1032.525 (+  2.639)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11433.24  (- 59.02 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     870.84  (-  0.44 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              916.28  (+  5.86 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1851.78  (-  8.02 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3086.895 (-  6.862)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    78.553 (+  0.222)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   229.45  (+  3.65 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2085.58  (-  4.24 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4062.8   (+ 29.5  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5935.99  (- 46.13 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        697.84  (+  4.22 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1186.19  (-  1.70 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9006.22  (- 58.04 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1465.08  (+  9.18 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1112.58  (-  1.40 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1564.81  (+  7.29 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2088.61  (-  1.39 )