08:49     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 28/04/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13909.42  (+ 69.78 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6284.20  (+  5.70 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1038.357 (+  6.139)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11008.90  (+  3.48 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     917.73  (- 12.43 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              873.85  (+  1.40 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1838.16  (+  7.84 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2968.329 (+  9.756)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    76.527 (+  0.882)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   254.95  (+  3.65 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2140.24  (-  5.10 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3975.3   (- 12.3  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5842.27  (+ 64.00 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        659.24  (-  5.39 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1143.22  (- 13.16 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9275.10  (- 48.42 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1441.39  (-  1.24 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1075.12  (- 12.48 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1409.29  (- 14.47 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1904.18  (- 26.25 )