08:56     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 02/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13555.80  (- 22.46 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6530.06  (- 22.41 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1052.825 (+  5.293)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11407.14  (+ 22.74 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     921.44  (-  2.25 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              918.51  (+  2.24 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1989.65  (-  2.81 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3091.873 (-  0.952)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    76.115 (+  3.699)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   243.35  (+ 10.88 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2108.69  (+ 14.04 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4141.2   (+ 14.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6018.69  (+ 37.15 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        710.33  (+  1.60 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1193.19  (+  3.78 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9303.94  (+ 33.81 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1487.78  (+  3.45 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1119.23  (+  3.58 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1525.10  (+  1.44 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2075.06  (+  6.36 )