08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 07/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13771.95  (+ 41.17 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6878.98  (+ 29.50 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1105.298 (+  2.290)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11925.36  (+ 52.31 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                    1007.50  (-  5.46 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              891.18  (+  5.85 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2166.10  (+ 41.41 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3213.364 (+ 13.276)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    81.887 (-  0.026)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   264.87  (+  4.81 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2166.12  (+ 11.57 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4218.6   (+ 16.7  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6220.52  (+ 26.90 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        737.42  (+  9.00 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1225.31  (+  3.19 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9886.09  (- 41.11 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1519.18  (-  2.58 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1149.46  (+  3.33 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1545.20  (+ 24.62 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2090.21  (+ 19.60 )