08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 21/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14111.65  (+ 23.78 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6534.68  (- 49.64 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1093.778 (+  1.285)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11651.02  (-  9.10 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     988.71  (+  4.61 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              904.72  (-  3.03 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2022.66  (- 63.27 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3184.565 (+ 27.418)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    78.121 (+  0.933)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   249.23  (+  3.59 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2166.38  (-  2.48 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4153.6   (+  1.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6142.78  (+ 27.35 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        725.89  (- 11.61 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                         CLOSED                     
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9682.31  (+ 23.56 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1525.98  (+  0.15 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                          CLOSED                     
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                        CLOSED                     
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)                  CLOSED