08:47     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 14/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13772.40  (- 27.22 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                            CLOSED                     
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1108.439 (-  8.231)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11563.17  (- 74.35 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     953.92  (- 27.39 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              877.23  (+  3.00 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1887.47  (- 29.11 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3040.839 (- 10.824)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    81.603 (-  0.873)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   267.36  (-  3.51 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2168.59  (-  5.50 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4063.3   (- 51.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5976.68  (- 21.40 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                             CLOSED                     
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1162.05  (- 11.74 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9409.61  (- 82.51 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1491.48  (-  5.52 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1091.86  (- 11.05 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1441.13  (- 20.55 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1946.71  (- 27.66 )