08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 06/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14033.96  (- 27.74 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6388.48  (+ 28.83 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1068.275 (+ 18.696)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11192.17  (+190.06 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     940.85  (+ 11.50 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              901.22  (-  2.84 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1913.77  (+ 20.57 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2922.371 (- 24.584)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                        CLOSED                     
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2161.22  (+ 13.12 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3939.8   (+ 24.9  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5967.96  (+ 40.46 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        689.36  (+ 14.33 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1171.35  (-  1.28 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9522.74  (+ 46.47 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1478.39  (+  4.59 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1102.01  (-  1.21 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1456.00  (+  5.84 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1967.35  (+  5.55 )