08:51     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 11/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13939.80  (- 78.58 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6445.13  (-  9.58 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1057.077 (- 14.080)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11120.70  (- 38.76 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     923.38  (- 10.90 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              898.70  (-  4.14 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1921.33  (- 10.21 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2913.750 (+ 12.109)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    70.579 (-  0.986)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   237.78  (-  4.93 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2173.14  (+  7.29 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3958.6   (+  9.6  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5917.13  (- 32.67 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        684.65  (+  2.82 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1171.11  (+  4.89 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9446.42  (- 47.17 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1465.36  (-  4.84 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1101.92  (+  4.34 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1459.55  (+  9.19 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1971.55  (+  8.78 )