08:57     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 26/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13623.68  (+ 39.62 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                            CLOSED                     
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1037.509 (+ 10.616)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11376.57  (+ 99.66 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     927.00  (+ 11.90 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              923.37  (+  3.62 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1970.28  (- 20.01 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3092.153 (+ 15.622)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.312 (-  0.989)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   235.23  (-  1.68 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2086.93  (+ 21.22 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                           CLOSED                     
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5835.37  (+ 52.62 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        702.66  (+  0.52 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1174.07  (+  5.66 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9162.36  (+ 37.26 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1466.15  (+  1.56 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1102.09  (+  5.64 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1509.01  (+ 18.44 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2046.09  (+ 26.14 )