08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 06/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13562.26  (+ 48.85 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6606.41  (+ 56.12 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1103.288 (+  6.762)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11827.16  (+ 52.85 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     988.00  (+  5.50 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              861.75  (-  8.06 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1962.38  (-  0.32 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3063.744 (+ 15.119)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    80.713 (+  1.765)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   267.97  (+  4.75 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2165.78  (+  7.97 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4106.2   (- 11.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6013.49  (-  6.44 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                              CLOSED                    
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1184.07  (+  2.68 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9673.01  (+ 53.94 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1493.69  (+  1.96 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1112.27  (+  2.44 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1480.67  (-  3.08 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1999.14  (-  0.18 )