08:37     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 12/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13968.28  (+ 28.48 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6456.82  (+ 11.69 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1063.827 (+  6.750)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11077.94  (- 42.76 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     921.21  (-  2.17 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              893.40  (-  5.30 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1911.75  (-  9.58 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2940.721 (+ 26.971)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    69.756 (-  0.823)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   232.63  (-  5.15 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2181.19  (+  8.05 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3979.2   (+ 20.6  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5934.60  (+ 17.47 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        682.12  (-  2.53 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1159.36  (- 11.75 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9331.71  (-114.71 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1471.38  (+  6.02 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1091.20  (- 10.72 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1454.79  (-  4.76 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1963.88  (-  7.67 )