08:53     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 10/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     14018.38  (- 66.71 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6454.71  (- 26.64 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1071.157 (-  9.050)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11159.46  (- 11.86 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     934.28  (-  0.92 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              902.84  (+  1.55 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1931.54  (- 15.23 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2901.641 (+  0.865)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    71.565 (+  0.105)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   242.71  (+  4.95 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2165.85  (-  0.44 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3949.1   (-  7.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5949.80  (- 17.05 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        681.01  (-  7.20 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1166.22  (- 12.62 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9493.59  (- 67.61 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1470.20  (-  5.88 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1097.58  (- 11.45 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1450.36  (- 13.02 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1962.77  (- 16.90 )