08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 08/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13881.71  (+109.76 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6915.09  (+ 36.11 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1114.207 (+  8.909)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11886.91  (- 38.45 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                    1000.28  (-  7.22 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              897.50  (+  6.32 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2149.06  (- 17.04 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3231.107 (+ 17.743)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    83.084 (+  1.197)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   273.71  (+  8.84 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2160.63  (-  5.49 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4223.3   (+  4.7  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6173.34  (- 47.18 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        722.60  (- 14.82 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1219.43  (-  5.88 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9903.34  (+ 17.25 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1513.75  (-  5.43 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1144.05  (-  5.41 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1528.65  (- 16.55 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2073.55  (- 16.66 )