08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 14/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13906.85  (+ 15.92 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6810.04  (- 43.69 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1123.482 (+ 15.435)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11850.25  (- 73.64 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                    1019.69  (-  3.10 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              901.64  (+  0.19 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2115.61  (- 21.78 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3156.026 (+  6.268)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    82.474 (-  0.036)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   272.53  (-  0.89 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2168.97  (-  0.44 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4218.6   (+ 26.1  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6155.51  (- 48.72 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        700.22  (- 10.76 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1206.83  (+  6.75 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9715.36  (+ 23.92 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1502.33  (-  1.87 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1133.08  (+  7.18 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1515.09  (+  9.45 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2051.04  (+  9.44 )