08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 07/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13795.00  (+209.83 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6535.17  (- 83.06 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1041.628 (-  6.763)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11499.86  (+139.46 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     949.19  (+ 15.64 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              912.58  (+  5.06 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2016.84  (+ 21.27 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3144.382 (+ 20.330)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2118.10  (+  4.52 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4182.9   (+ 26.6  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                          CLOSED                     
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        725.76  (+  6.66 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1201.72  (-  1.31 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9371.89  (+ 13.61 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1506.14  (+ 10.78 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1127.16  (-  1.38 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1529.05  (-  5.44 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2082.03  (-  4.63 )