08:54     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 28/01/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13650.06  (+ 21.15 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6419.09  (+179.66 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1046.483 (+  1.495)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11320.58  (- 20.73 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     921.59  (-  3.28 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              917.23  (-  2.72 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2014.61  (+ 23.22 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3085.448 (+  9.162)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    76.015 (-  0.609)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   232.36  (-  0.72 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2089.51  (+ 16.39 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4096.4   (-  4.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5879.93  (+ 37.17 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        701.66  (+  0.41 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1171.36  (-  3.19 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9141.78  (- 32.63 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1461.75  (-  6.08 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1099.06  (-  3.05 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1499.46  (-  8.09 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2035.83  (- 11.32 )