08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 11/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13509.25  (- 22.14 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6222.87  (- 85.67 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1011.673 (-  3.805)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11539.99  (+106.75 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     884.29  (+ 10.11 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              930.63  (+ 11.61 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1845.83  (+  5.36 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3083.711 (+  7.445)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    78.318 (-  0.160)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   231.21  (+  0.79 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2092.21  (+  2.53 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4070.3   (-  1.4  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5975.66  (+ 32.81 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        691.97  (-  4.06 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1182.99  (-  7.26 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9020.69  (-  6.14 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1455.39  (-  6.39 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1109.57  (-  7.00 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1553.40  (- 11.52 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2079.62  (- 17.42 )