08:55     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 02/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)(29/04/05)           13908.97  (-  0.45 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6195.15  (+ 40.71 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1026.522 (-  3.091)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11002.11  (-  6.79 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     918.42  (+  7.12 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)(29/04/05)    878.96  (+  5.11 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)(29/04/05)         1854.63  (+ 16.47 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2999.236 (+ 16.590)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)(29/04/05)          75.263 (-  1.264)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)(29/04/05)         251.32  (-  3.63 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)(29/04/05)            2125.25  (- 14.99 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3969.2   (+ 26.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)(29/04/05)          5818.07  (- 24.20 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)(29/04/05)              658.88  (-  0.36 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1162.16  (+  5.31 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9430.21  (+ 60.91 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)(29/04/05)             1444.88  (+  3.49 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1092.97  (+  5.05 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1423.71  (+  2.92 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1928.65  (+  7.00 )