08:55     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 04/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13585.17  (+ 69.84 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6618.23  (-  1.74 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1048.391 (-  0.940)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11360.40  (- 28.95 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     933.55  (+  4.76 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              907.52  (- 10.33 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1995.57  (-  4.65 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3124.052 (+ 26.735)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.642 (+  1.626)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   247.29  (+  4.66 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2113.58  (+  5.42 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4156.2   (+  9.9  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                           CLOSED                    
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        719.10  (+  2.18 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1203.03  (+ 13.14 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9358.28  (+ 54.57 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1495.36  (+  9.67 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1128.54  (+ 12.81 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1534.49  (+ 26.25 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2086.66  (+ 29.02 )