08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 31/03/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13516.88  (+ 91.13 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6492.82  (+111.42 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1080.165 (+ 15.038)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11668.95  (+103.07 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     965.68  (+ 10.23 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              871.35  (-  6.40 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1954.69  (+  3.31 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3039.078 (-  0.354)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.224 (+  0.309)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   257.73  (+  3.71 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2141.43  (+ 18.27 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4100.6   (+ 17.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6005.88  (+ 47.90 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        681.49  (+  8.67 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1180.59  (-  0.82 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9612.38  (+128.12 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1478.66  (-  2.29 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1109.45  (-  0.78 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1482.53  (-  9.21 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1999.23  (-  6.44 )