08:45     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 20/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13717.42  (+ 18.49 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6499.50  (+ 20.56 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1048.112 (+  2.647)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11037.29  (- 39.87 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     952.19  (+  0.10 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              883.17  (-  4.30 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1886.73  (-  6.36 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3000.662 (+ 17.970)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    69.413 (-  0.361)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   233.01  (+  0.39 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2173.77  (+  6.50 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     3990.8   (-  2.9  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5954.69  (- 16.02 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        670.65  (-  5.89 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1189.28  (-  1.80 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9452.19  (- 17.59 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1496.20  (+  2.66 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1119.89  (-  1.52 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1528.06  (+  6.63 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2046.42  (+  3.84 )