08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 03/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13515.33  (- 40.47 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6619.97  (+ 89.91 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1049.331 (-  3.494)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11389.35  (- 17.79 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     928.79  (+  7.35 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              917.85  (-  0.66 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2000.22  (+ 10.57 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3097.317 (+  5.444)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    76.016 (-  0.099)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   242.63  (-  0.72 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2108.16  (-  0.53 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4146.3   (+  5.1  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6034.60  (+ 15.91 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        716.92  (+  6.59 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1189.89  (-  3.30 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9303.71  (-  0.23 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1485.69  (-  2.09 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1115.73  (-  3.50 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1508.24  (- 16.86 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2057.64  (- 17.42 )