08:49     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 15/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13816.75  (- 90.10 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6752.45  (- 57.59 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1119.001 (-  4.481)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11821.09  (- 29.16 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     993.13  (- 26.56 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              898.20  (-  3.44 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2106.31  (-  9.30 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3165.673 (+  9.647)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    81.413 (-  1.061)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   267.73  (-  4.80 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2163.93  (-  5.04 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4210.9   (-  7.7  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6063.48  (- 92.03 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        696.84  (-  3.38 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1197.75  (-  9.08 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9709.27  (-  6.09 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1510.07  (+  7.74 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1124.71  (-  8.37 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1502.06  (- 13.03 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2034.98  (- 16.06 )