08:44     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 03/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13893.98  (- 14.99 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6216.77  (+ 21.62 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1033.503 (+  6.981)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                          CLOSED                    
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     913.82  (-  4.60 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              892.03  (+ 13.07 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1865.11  (+ 10.48 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2998.965 (-  0.271)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                         CLOSED                    
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                         CLOSED                    
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2137.17  (+ 11.92 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3943.6   (- 25.6  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5818.22  (+  0.15 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        669.72  (+ 10.84 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1161.17  (-  0.99 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9370.97  (- 59.24 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1462.50  (+ 17.62 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1092.20  (-  0.77 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1427.61  (+  3.90 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1933.07  (+  4.42 )