08:49     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 15/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13995.83  (- 21.40 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6670.06  (-  9.27 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1067.200 (+ 16.467)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11646.49  (+ 14.29 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     968.88  (+  4.09 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              921.71  (+  1.40 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2090.10  (+  5.60 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3167.174 (- 17.762)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                         CLOSED                    
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                         CLOSED                    
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2163.39  (-  1.54 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4136.3   (-  6.7  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6122.39  (+  9.99 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        736.91  (+  8.11 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1210.12  (+  3.98 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9570.03  (- 15.19 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1528.15  (+  4.84 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1135.06  (+  3.56 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1547.30  (+  9.09 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2089.21  (+  6.30 )