08:34     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 19/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13698.93  (+ 71.92 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6478.94  (+ 31.94 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1045.465 (+  5.202)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11077.16  (+241.75 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     952.09  (+ 21.73 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              887.47  (+  1.10 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1893.09  (+ 13.70 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                2982.692 (+ 19.314)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    69.774 (+  0.200)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   232.62  (+  2.19 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2167.27  (+ 13.62 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3993.7   (+ 53.2  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5970.71  (+ 79.88 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        676.54  (+  4.35 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1191.08  (+  5.52 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9469.78  (+ 61.94 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1493.54  (+  5.03 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1121.41  (+  5.38 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1521.43  (+ 12.17 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2042.58  (+ 11.93 )