08:51     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 17/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13967.82  (- 47.67 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6589.29  (- 18.49 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1082.978 (+  9.533)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11582.72  (- 18.96 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     972.56  (+  1.00 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              912.62  (-  6.81 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2096.99  (+ 18.51 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3164.009 (+  5.796)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.576 (+  0.157)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   247.05  (-  0.15 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2164.20  (+  9.10 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4155.0   (+ 12.2  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6072.16  (- 71.33 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        734.68  (-  4.69 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1200.75  (-  9.59 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9619.26  (- 20.33 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1526.38  (+  0.79 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1126.16  (-  9.01 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1519.29  (- 23.12 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2061.34  (- 26.09 )