08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 24/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13386.99  (- 94.03 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6106.43  (- 76.81 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1030.717 (-  5.030)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11289.49  (+ 51.12 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     923.11  (+  3.50 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              923.33  (-  6.39 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2015.25  (+ 27.41 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3057.350 (+  1.888)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    78.912 (+  1.683)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   234.00  (+  5.62 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2074.24  (- 11.15 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4047.6   (+  1.2  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5771.48  (- 77.43 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        695.92  (-  0.93 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1163.75  (-  4.12 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9078.20  (-  8.63 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1455.53  (+  2.63 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1092.48  (-  3.93 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1480.66  (- 22.98 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2008.70  (- 25.57 )