08:54     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 22/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14090.52  (- 21.13 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6589.41  (+ 54.73 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1099.913 (+  6.135)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11597.71  (- 53.31 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     977.80  (- 10.91 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              904.75  (+  0.03 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1992.27  (- 30.39 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3162.386 (- 22.179)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    80.984 (+  2.863)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   258.80  (+  9.58 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2146.73  (- 19.65 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4138.4   (- 15.2  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6107.17  (- 35.61 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        730.56  (+  4.67 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1184.16  (- 17.43 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9640.47  (- 41.84 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1518.12  (-  7.86 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1110.56  (- 16.48 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1494.07  (- 21.33 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2030.32  (- 28.30 )