08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 01/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14061.15  (-134.20 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6651.08  (- 62.78 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1093.281 (+ 19.453)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11780.53  (+ 39.93 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                           CLOSED                    
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              898.49  (-  8.89 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2088.95  (+  8.96 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3196.024 (- 12.397)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    81.711 (+  0.248)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   256.14  (-  3.28 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2125.11  (+  5.71 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4164.3   (+  7.7  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6259.69  (+ 51.86 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        738.75  (-  2.80 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1210.41  (+  6.81 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9728.03  (+ 59.71 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1510.65  (+  9.50 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1135.22  (+  6.28 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1527.25  (+ 16.23 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2071.25  (+ 19.53 )