08:48     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 27/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13628.91  (+  5.23 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6239.43  (+ 76.45 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1044.988 (+  7.479)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11341.31  (- 35.26 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     924.87  (-  2.13 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              919.95  (-  3.42 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1991.39  (+ 21.11 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3076.286 (- 15.867)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    76.624 (-  0.688)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   233.08  (-  2.15 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2073.12  (- 13.81 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4101.2   (+ 44.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5842.76  (+  7.39 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        701.25  (-  1.41 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1174.55  (+  0.48 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9174.41  (+ 12.05 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1467.83  (+  1.68 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1102.11  (+  0.02 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1507.55  (-  1.46 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2047.15  (+  1.06 )