08:41     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 26/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13569.99  (+  7.93 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6670.78  (+ 73.18 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1054.361 (+  5.305)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11027.94  (+ 13.51 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     943.91  (+  2.61 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              867.10  (-  3.00 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1858.72  (- 10.78 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3007.344 (- 30.625)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    67.305 (-  0.530)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   231.93  (-  3.37 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2152.56  (-  7.91 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4050.4   (+  3.1  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5939.42  (+ 50.89 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        662.64  (+  2.46 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1197.62  (+  7.61 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9579.05  (+ 69.53 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1504.38  (+  7.24 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1127.52  (+  7.21 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1548.80  (+ 16.09 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2071.24  (+ 21.12 )