08:47     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 30/05/05            
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     1. HONG KONG (HSI)                     13845.10  (+130.32 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6663.55  (- 44.17 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1062.956 (+  1.461)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11266.33  (+ 74.00 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     969.04  (+  8.13 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              869.96  (+  0.85 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1886.61  (+ 11.20 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)                3042.767 (+ 15.546)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    66.864 (+  0.046)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   227.66  (-  2.44 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2171.92  (+ 17.22 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)                     4089.5   (+ 15.7  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6009.52  (+ 17.97 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        668.20  (+  4.72 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                        CLOSED                      
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9673.20  (+ 53.84 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK)                            CLOSED                      
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                         CLOSED                      
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                       CLOSED                      
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)                 CLOSED