08:54     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 05/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI) (04/04/05)          13513.41  (+ 22.06 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6550.29  (- 54.13 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1096.526 (-  3.677)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11774.31  (+106.77 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE) (04/04/05)          982.50  (+  0.60 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              869.81  (+  2.58 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1962.70  (- 31.66 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3048.625 (+  1.895)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    78.948 (-  0.399)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   263.22  (+  1.84 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2157.81  (+  0.01 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4117.2   (+  8.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED) (04/04/05)         6019.93  (-  8.82 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        681.66  (-  0.86 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1181.39  (+  5.27 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9619.07  (- 11.83 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1491.73  (+ 12.18 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1109.83  (+  4.93 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1483.75  (+  7.03 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1999.32  (+  8.25 )