08:51     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 25/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13750.23  (+ 56.68 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6377.85  (+ 31.28 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1019.875 (- 27.929)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11073.77  (+ 27.82 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     946.17  (+  5.38 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              871.98  (-  5.80 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1860.56  (-  7.57 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                      CLOSED                     
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    76.760 (-  1.175)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   247.27  (-  3.46 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2137.39  (+  0.48 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                           CLOSED                     
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5758.31  (+ 11.22 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        664.47  (- 12.78 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1162.10  (+  9.98 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9416.13  (+ 48.64 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1466.80  (+  4.31 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1092.56  (+  9.28 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1437.31  (+ 16.10 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1950.78  (+ 18.59 )