08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 04/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13945.05  (+ 51.07 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6289.55  (+ 72.78 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1049.579 (+ 16.076)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                          CLOSED                    
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     929.35  (+ 15.53 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              903.07  (+ 11.04 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1866.17  (+  1.06 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2991.862 (-  7.103)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                         CLOSED                    
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                         CLOSED                    
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2149.38  (+ 12.21 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3905.5   (- 38.1  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5803.68  (- 14.54 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        675.03  (+  5.31 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1175.65  (+ 14.48 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9473.29  (+102.32 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1467.61  (+  5.11 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1105.92  (+ 13.72 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1452.20  (+ 24.59 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1962.23  (+ 29.16 )