08:46     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 18/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13627.01  (- 40.02 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6447.00  (- 19.00 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1040.263 (-  5.510)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  10835.41  (+ 10.02 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     930.36  (+  3.20 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              886.37  (-  5.02 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1879.39  (+  2.92 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2963.378 (-  3.488)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    69.574 (-  0.035)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   230.43  (-  4.03 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2153.65  (-  0.72 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3940.5   (+ 28.8  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5890.83  (-  3.18 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        672.19  (+  7.58 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1185.56  (+ 11.76 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9407.84  (+ 36.44 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1488.51  (+ 14.80 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1116.03  (+ 11.04 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1509.26  (+ 19.12 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2030.65  (+ 26.50 )