08:59     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 08/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13666.72  (+ 64.37 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6479.54  (- 66.10 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1111.226 (-  0.395)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11874.75  (+ 63.76 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     992.17  (+  3.27 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              864.02  (+  2.50 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1906.69  (-  7.53 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3057.629 (+  2.214)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    83.239 (+  1.056)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   273.18  (+  2.52 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2181.94  (+  5.55 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4148.5   (+ 36.2  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6024.07  (+ 52.31 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        683.76  (+  5.79 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1181.20  (-  9.94 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9623.72  (-  1.63 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1504.22  (+  2.20 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1109.74  (-  9.41 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1485.60  (- 14.11 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1999.35  (- 19.44 )