08:47     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 15/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13638.75  (-133.65 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6248.34  (-219.58 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1096.518 (- 11.921)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11370.69  (-192.48 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     947.22  (-  6.70 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              874.25  (-  2.98 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1864.06  (- 23.41 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3010.792 (- 30.047)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    80.953 (-  0.650)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   265.59  (-  1.76 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2150.23  (- 18.36 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3993.4   (- 69.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5888.37  (- 88.31 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                            CLOSED                      
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1142.62  (- 19.43 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9277.12  (-132.49 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1475.39  (- 16.09 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1074.44  (- 17.42 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1408.59  (- 32.54 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1908.15  (- 38.56 )