08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 12/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13565.31  (+ 56.06 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6102.74  (-120.13 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1008.578 (-  3.095)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11453.39  (- 86.60 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     880.03  (-  4.26 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              933.33  (+  2.70 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1820.57  (- 25.26 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3058.661 (- 25.050)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    78.154 (-  0.164)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   230.79  (-  0.42 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2079.80  (- 12.41 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4068.3   (-  2.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5879.08  (- 96.58 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        694.63  (+  2.66 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1187.70  (+  4.71 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9022.71  (+  2.02 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1445.64  (-  9.75 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1114.25  (+  4.68 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1565.78  (+ 12.38 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2092.53  (+ 12.91 )