08:46     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 17/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13667.03  (-199.78 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6466.00  (- 62.03 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1045.773 (-  3.014)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  10825.39  (-121.83 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     927.16  (-  1.88 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              891.39  (+  2.12 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1876.47  (+ 13.88 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2966.866 (+ 10.973)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    69.609 (+  1.050)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   234.46  (+  2.45 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2154.37  (- 11.11 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3911.7   (- 12.1  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5894.01  (- 31.87 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        664.61  (-  6.15 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1173.80  (+  8.11 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9371.40  (+ 48.12 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1473.71  (+  4.72 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1104.99  (+  7.73 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1490.14  (+  9.46 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2004.15  (+  9.72 )