08:47     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 05/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14061.70  (+116.65 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6359.65  (+ 70.10 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                        CLOSED                     
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                         CLOSED                     
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                          CLOSED                     
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              904.06  (+  0.99 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1893.20  (+ 27.03 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2946.955 (- 44.907)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2148.10  (-  1.28 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3915.0   (+  9.5  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5927.50  (+123.82 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                             CLOSED                     
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1172.63  (-  3.02 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9476.27  (+  2.98 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1473.80  (+  6.19 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1103.22  (-  2.70 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1450.16  (-  2.04 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1961.80  (-  0.43 )