08:56     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 30/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13425.75  (+ 13.87 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6381.40  (+ 13.54 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1065.127 (-  5.173)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11565.88  (- 33.94 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     955.45  (-  3.51 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              877.75  (-  4.12 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1951.38  (+ 19.40 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3039.432 (- 16.145)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    76.915 (-  1.117)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   254.02  (-  7.20 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2123.16  (-  4.55 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4083.6   (-  8.3  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5957.98  (-  3.26 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        672.82  (-  4.09 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1181.41  (+ 16.05 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9484.26  (+ 88.84 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1480.95  (-  5.95 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1110.23  (+ 14.98 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1491.74  (+ 27.40 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2005.67  (+ 31.79 )