08:56     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 14/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13494.78  (- 78.50 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6173.82  (- 47.24 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1021.340 (-  0.330)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11438.39  (+ 80.17 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     905.10  (+ 19.56 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              929.74  (-  4.36 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1876.03  (+ 10.92 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3056.816 (- 16.117)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.794 (-  0.645)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   231.99  (-  0.84 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2076.13  (-  6.21 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4062.9   (-  6.2  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5889.52  (+ 35.58 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        701.66  (+  8.23 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1184.52  (+  7.07 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9057.16  (+ 48.02 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1457.71  (+  6.51 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1111.61  (+  6.80 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1561.11  (+ 15.93 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2087.91  (+ 17.35 )