08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 09/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13941.47  (+ 59.76 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6892.82  (- 22.27 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1116.808 (+  2.601)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11966.69  (+ 79.78 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                    1008.79  (+  8.51 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              903.62  (+  6.12 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2157.14  (+  8.08 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3238.526 (+  7.419)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    83.983 (+  0.899)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   276.84  (+  3.13 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2184.29  (+ 23.66 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4223.0   (-  0.3  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6213.28  (+ 39.94 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        722.58  (-  0.02 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1207.01  (- 12.42 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9795.14  (-108.20 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1508.86  (-  4.89 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1132.27  (- 11.78 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1521.98  (-  6.67 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2061.29  (- 12.26 )