08:46     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 09/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14085.09  (+ 51.13 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6481.35  (+ 92.87 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1080.207 (+ 11.932)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11171.32  (- 20.85 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     935.20  (-  5.65 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              901.29  (+  0.07 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1946.77  (+ 33.00 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2900.776 (- 21.595)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    71.460 (-  3.803)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   237.76  (- 13.56 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2166.29  (+  5.07 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3956.8   (+ 17.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5966.85  (-  1.11 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        688.21  (-  1.15 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1178.84  (+  7.49 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9561.20  (+ 38.46 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1476.08  (-  2.31 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1109.03  (+  7.02 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1463.38  (+  7.38 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1979.67  (+ 12.32 )