08:42     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 24/02/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14060.91  (+102.97 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6574.21  (-  8.29 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1102.019 (-  0.907)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11531.15  (+ 30.97 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     987.10  (+ 18.67 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              903.64  (+  3.96 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2073.19  (+ 30.41 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3145.391 (-  0.927)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    81.013 (-  0.009)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   259.95  (-  0.89 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2152.59  (+ 16.17 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4086.7   (- 16.6  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6128.34  (+  6.82 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        736.89  (+  6.33 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1200.20  (+  9.40 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9657.74  (- 17.95 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1501.38  (-  4.07 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1125.57  (+  8.85 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1517.71  (+ 20.62 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2051.70  (+ 20.45 )