08:49     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 25/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13584.06  (+197.07 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6162.98  (+ 56.55 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1026.893 (-  3.824)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11276.91  (- 12.58 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     915.10  (-  8.01 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              919.75  (-  3.58 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1990.29  (- 24.96 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3076.531 (+ 19.181)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    78.301 (-  0.611)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   236.91  (+  2.91 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2065.71  (-  8.53 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4056.4   (+  8.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5782.75  (+ 11.27 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        702.14  (+  6.22 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1168.41  (+  4.66 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9125.10  (+ 46.90 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1464.59  (+  9.06 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1096.45  (+  3.97 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1490.57  (+  9.91 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2019.95  (+ 11.25 )