08:44     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 01/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13491.35  (- 25.53 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6605.04  (+112.22 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1095.066 (+ 14.901)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11723.63  (+ 54.68 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     981.90  (+ 16.22 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              875.92  (+  4.57 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1966.29  (+ 11.60 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3039.909 (+  0.831)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    79.859 (+  2.635)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   262.52  (+  4.79 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2143.75  (+  2.32 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4126.4   (+ 25.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6028.75  (+ 22.87 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        695.83  (+ 14.34 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1172.92  (-  7.67 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9638.63  (+ 26.25 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1484.66  (+  6.00 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1102.22  (-  7.23 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1469.35  (- 13.18 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1984.81  (- 14.42 )