08:52     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 27/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13714.78  (+144.79 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6707.72  (+ 36.94 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1061.495 (+  7.134)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11192.33  (+164.39 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     960.91  (+ 17.00 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              869.11  (+  2.01 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1875.41  (+ 16.69 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3027.221 (+ 19.877)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    66.818 (-  0.487)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   230.10  (-  1.83 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2154.70  (+  2.14 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4073.9   (+ 23.5  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    5991.55  (+ 52.13 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        663.48  (+  0.84 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1198.78  (+  1.16 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9619.36  (+ 40.31 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                       1501.43  (-  2.95 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1128.64  (+  1.12 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1549.80  (+  1.00 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            2075.73  (+  4.49 )