08:56     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 22/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13693.55  (+ 96.24 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6346.57  (+ 47.37 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                        CLOSED                     
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11045.95  (+ 61.56 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     940.79  (+  1.65 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              877.78  (+  5.87 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1868.13  (+ 26.19 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2948.404 (+  9.332)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.935 (-  0.407)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   250.73  (-  0.96 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2136.91  (-  0.82 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4009.6   (+ 21.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5747.09  (+ 25.10 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        677.25  (-  3.35 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1152.12  (-  7.83 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9367.49  (- 38.29 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1462.49  (+  9.02 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1083.28  (-  7.26 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1421.21  (- 26.16 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1932.19  (- 30.22 )