08:55     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 27/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13839.64  (- 19.94 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6278.50  (- 61.48 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1032.218 (+  0.450)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11005.42  (- 30.41 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     930.16  (- 14.30 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              872.45  (+  0.02 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1830.32  (- 27.82 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2958.573 (+  5.948)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    75.645 (-  1.673)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   251.30  (+  0.98 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2145.34  (-  4.30 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3987.5   (- 11.5  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5778.27  (- 26.98 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        664.63  (+  2.50 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1156.38  (+  4.64 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9323.52  (-104.13 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1442.63  (- 17.61 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1087.60  (+  4.32 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1423.76  (+  3.33 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1930.43  (+  2.99 )