08:48     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 07/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13602.35  (+ 40.09 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6545.64  (- 60.77 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1111.621 (+  8.333)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11810.99  (- 16.17 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     988.90  (+  0.90 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              861.52  (-  0.23 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1914.22  (- 48.16 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3055.415 (-  8.329)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    82.183 (+  1.470)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   270.67  (+  2.70 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2176.39  (+ 10.61 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4112.4   (+  6.2  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5971.76  (- 41.73 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        677.97  (-  3.69 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1191.14  (+  7.07 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9625.35  (- 47.66 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1502.02  (+  8.33 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1119.15  (+  6.88 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1499.71  (+ 19.04 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2018.79  (+ 19.65 )