08:54     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 19/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13678.63  (+ 74.41 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6173.32  (- 19.03 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1027.810 (+ 10.084)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11405.34  (- 17.92 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     916.27  (-  4.30 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              935.53  (-  2.03 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1946.89  (+ 41.44 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3078.637 (-  2.925)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    76.662 (-  0.534)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   227.10  (-  2.46 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2097.39  (+ 13.20 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4055.7   (-  9.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5895.35  (- 38.22 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        709.03  (-  0.52 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1184.63  (- 11.35 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9120.35  (- 14.42 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1456.86  (-  1.06 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1111.55  (- 10.74 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1545.65  (- 27.84 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2073.59  (- 32.45 )