08:54     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 11/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13890.93  (+ 34.91 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6853.73  (- 53.92 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                        CLOSED                     
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11923.89  (+ 58.98 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                    1022.79  (+ 24.13 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              901.45  (+  2.13 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2137.39  (-  0.03 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3149.758 (- 45.462)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    82.510 (+  0.257)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   273.42  (+  5.96 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2169.41  (-  0.79 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4192.5   (-  6.7  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6204.23  (+ 11.70 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        710.98  (-  8.55 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1200.08  (-  9.17 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9691.44  (+ 15.87 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1504.20  (+  5.92 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1125.90  (-  8.36 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1505.64  (- 18.74 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2041.60  (- 18.12 )