08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 18/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13604.22  (- 17.43 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6192.35  (-  1.72 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1017.726 (-  7.159)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11423.26  (- 63.84 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     920.57  (-  2.51 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              937.56  (+  5.30 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1905.45  (-  3.73 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3081.562 (+ 24.140)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.196 (+  0.394)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   229.56  (+  2.04 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2084.19  (-  2.93 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4065.5   (- 13.5  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5933.57  (- 11.70 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        709.55  (+  1.25 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1195.98  (+ 11.46 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9134.77  (+ 70.93 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1457.92  (-  6.98 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1122.29  (+ 10.68 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1573.49  (+ 12.38 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2106.04  (+ 18.13 )