08:51     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 20/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13501.63  (+ 57.54 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6243.74  (+108.88 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1070.946 (+  8.253)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11088.58  (+ 22.72 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     937.36  (+  4.91 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              871.91  (+  4.14 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1854.97  (+ 20.91 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2958.489 (- 11.423)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    79.115 (-  0.489)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   255.31  (-  1.35 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2129.25  (+  0.54 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4001.9   (+  5.6  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5693.01  (- 55.34 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        684.19  (+  5.82 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1137.50  (- 15.28 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9378.11  (- 37.59 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1454.43  (- 10.11 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1069.96  (- 14.15 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1406.85  (- 13.95 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1913.76  (- 18.60 )