08:50     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 04/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13730.78  (-161.59 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6849.48  (+ 64.76 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1103.008 (+  8.412)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11873.05  (+ 16.59 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                    1012.96  (+  2.04 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              885.33  (-  4.11 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2124.69  (+ 31.42 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3200.088 (+  4.747)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    81.913 (-  0.613)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   260.05  (+  0.09 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2154.55  (+  7.02 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4201.9   (+ 16.1  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6193.62  (-  8.76 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        728.42  (+  8.03 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1222.12  (+ 11.65 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9927.20  (+ 67.67 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1521.76  (+  6.63 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1146.13  (+ 11.04 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1520.58  (+  8.69 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2070.61  (+ 12.21 )