08:49     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 17/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13817.99  (- 14.53 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6669.52  (- 77.36 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1134.591 (-  3.643)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11775.50  (- 97.68 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     980.05  (- 13.08 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              899.26  (+  1.75 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2100.11  (+  0.99 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3124.955 (- 30.425)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    80.739 (-  0.247)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   265.12  (-  1.06 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2159.89  (-  9.75 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4217.3   (- 12.6  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6032.47  (- 39.89 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        706.53  (-  0.11 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1190.21  (+  2.14 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9778.20  (+ 65.65 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1487.54  (-  4.16 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1117.22  (+  1.89 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1487.63  (+  1.40 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2016.42  (+  0.67 )