08:54     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 21/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13481.02  (- 62.57 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                           CLOSED                      
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                       CLOSED                      
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11238.37  (- 46.40 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     919.61  (+ 10.24 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)                  CLOSED                      
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1987.84  (+ 31.02 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3055.462 (+  1.253)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.229 (+  0.862)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   228.38  (+  4.25 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                           CLOSED                      
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4046.4   (+  7.9  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5848.91  (- 39.19 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        696.85  (- 10.05 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1167.87  (-  7.54 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9086.83  (-  2.15 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1452.90  (+  0.57 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1096.41  (-  7.03 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1503.64  (- 10.92 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2034.27  (- 11.61 )