08:54     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 20/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13543.59  (-135.04 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6183.24  (+  9.92 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1035.747 (+  7.937)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11284.77  (-120.57 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     909.37  (-  6.90 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              929.72  (-  5.81 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1956.82  (+  9.93 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3054.209 (- 24.428)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    76.367 (-  0.295)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   224.13  (-  2.97 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2085.39  (- 12.00 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4038.5   (- 17.2  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5888.10  (-  7.25 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        706.90  (-  2.13 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1175.41  (-  9.22 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9088.98  (- 31.37 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1452.33  (-  4.53 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1103.44  (-  8.11 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1514.56  (- 31.09 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2045.88  (- 27.71 )