08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 26/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13859.58  (+109.35 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6339.98  (- 37.87 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1031.768 (+ 11.893)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11035.83  (- 37.94 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     944.46  (-  1.71 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              872.43  (+  0.45 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1858.14  (-  2.42 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2952.625 (+  4.221)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.318 (+  0.558)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   250.32  (+  3.05 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2149.64  (+ 12.25 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3999.1   (- 10.6  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5805.25  (+ 46.94 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        662.13  (-  2.34 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1151.74  (- 10.36 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9427.65  (+ 11.52 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1460.24  (-  6.56 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1083.28  (-  9.28 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1420.43  (- 16.88 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1927.44  (- 23.34 )