08:51     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 14/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14017.23  (+171.60 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6679.33  (+ 45.57 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1050.733 (+  4.864)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11632.20  (+ 78.64 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     964.79  (+ 17.56 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              920.31  (+  5.40 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2084.50  (+ 23.02 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3184.936 (+ 21.532)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2164.93  (+ 15.33 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4143.0   (- 17.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6112.40  (+ 77.80 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        728.80  (+  2.60 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1206.14  (+  0.84 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9585.22  (+ 26.72 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1523.31  (-  1.11 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1131.50  (+  0.96 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1538.21  (+  7.70 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2082.91  (+  6.25 )