09:13     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 21/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13834.35  (+  5.98 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6656.69  (- 43.65 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1151.559 (+  3.685)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                          CLOSED                    
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     979.27  (-  0.45 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              885.62  (-  8.38 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   2033.78  (- 16.50 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3140.836 (+ 11.640)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    79.486 (-  0.007)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   263.65  (+  2.04 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2177.52  (+  3.03 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4255.8   (+ 18.9  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6058.96  (+ 15.01 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        705.03  (-  6.37 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1183.78  (-  5.87 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9693.55  (- 61.14 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1491.65  (+  3.09 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1111.75  (-  5.06 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1484.45  (+  0.05 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2007.51  (-  0.28 )