08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 02/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13850.78  (-210.37 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6686.89  (+ 35.81 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1082.747 (- 10.534)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11813.71  (+ 33.18 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                    1007.48  (-  3.88 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              891.90  (-  6.59 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2068.42  (- 20.53 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3199.202 (+  3.178)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    81.245 (-  0.466)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   254.90  (-  1.24 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2144.36  (+ 19.25 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4172.2   (+  7.9  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6225.25  (- 34.44 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        720.92  (- 17.83 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1210.08  (-  0.33 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9800.07  (+ 72.04 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1508.38  (-  2.27 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1135.02  (-  0.20 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1525.28  (-  1.97 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2067.50  (-  3.75 )