08:55     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 11/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)(08/02/05)           13845.63  (+ 50.63 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6633.76  (+ 55.93 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1045.869 (+  9.265)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)(10/02/05)        11553.56  (+ 80.21 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     947.23  (-  1.96 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)(08/02/05)    914.91  (+  2.33 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2061.48  (+ 13.24 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3163.404 (+  2.273)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2149.60  (+  9.44 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4160.8   (+  0.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                          CLOSED                     
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        726.20  (- 10.02 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1205.30  (+  8.29 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9558.50  (+ 62.14 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1524.42  (+ 12.76 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1130.54  (+  7.80 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1530.51  (+ 23.68 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2076.66  (+ 23.56 )