08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 16/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13832.52  (+ 15.77 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6746.88  (-  5.57 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1138.234 (+ 19.233)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11873.18  (+ 52.09 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     993.13  (+  0.00 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              897.51  (-  0.69 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2099.12  (-  7.19 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3155.380 (- 10.293)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    80.986 (-  0.427)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   266.18  (-  1.55 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2169.64  (+  5.71 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4229.9   (+ 19.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6072.36  (+  8.88 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        706.64  (+  9.80 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1188.07  (-  9.68 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9712.55  (+  3.28 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1491.70  (- 18.37 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1115.33  (-  9.38 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1486.23  (- 15.83 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2015.75  (- 19.23 )