08:54     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 21/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13597.31  (+ 95.68 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6299.20  (+ 55.46 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1047.804 (- 23.142)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  10984.39  (-104.19 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     939.14  (+  1.78 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)                   CLOSED                     
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1841.94  (- 13.03 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2939.072 (- 19.417)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    78.342 (-  0.773)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   251.68  (-  3.63 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2137.73  (+  8.48 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3988.6   (- 12.4  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5721.99  (+ 28.98 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        680.60  (-  3.59 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1159.95  (+ 22.45 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9405.78  (+ 27.67 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1453.47  (-  0.96 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1090.54  (+ 20.58 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1447.37  (+ 40.52 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1962.41  (+ 48.65 )