08:51     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 18/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13828.37  (+ 10.38 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6700.34  (+ 30.82 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1147.874 (+ 13.283)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11879.81  (+104.31 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     979.72  (-  0.33 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              894.00  (-  5.26 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2050.28  (- 49.83 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3129.196 (+  4.241)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    79.493 (-  1.246)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   261.61  (-  3.51 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2174.49  (+ 14.60 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4236.8   (+ 19.5  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6043.95  (+ 11.48 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        711.40  (+  4.87 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1189.65  (-  0.56 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9754.69  (- 23.51 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1488.56  (+  1.02 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1116.81  (-  0.41 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1484.40  (-  3.23 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2007.79  (-  8.63 )