08:51     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 10/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13531.39  (- 43.47 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6308.54  (-111.92 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1015.478 (- 17.047)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                          CLOSED                    
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     874.18  (+  3.34 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              919.02  (+  2.74 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1840.47  (- 11.31 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3076.266 (- 10.629)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    78.478 (-  0.075)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   230.42  (+  0.97 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2089.68  (+  4.10 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4071.7   (+  8.9  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5942.85  (+  6.86 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        696.03  (-  1.81 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1190.25  (+  4.06 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9026.83  (+ 20.61 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1461.78  (-  3.30 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1116.57  (+  3.99 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1564.92  (+  0.11 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2097.04  (+  8.43 )