stocks: -BangkokET index 528.99 (up 7.89 pts) -Bombay:BSE-30 index 4,-77.75 (up 21.15 pts) -Hongkong:Hang Seng index 10,596.86 (up 121.53 pts) -Jakarta:Composite index 521.283 (up 2.506 pts) -Kualaa Lunpur:Composite index 733.84 (up 1.60 pts) -Manila:Composite index 1,245.34 (up 2.48 pts) -Seol:Composite index 750.90 (up 13.70 pts) -Shanghai: A index 1,508.24 (down 3.48pts) B index 98.26 (down 0.04 pts) -Singaporetraits Times index 1,626.91 (up 14.94 pts) -Sydney:All Ords 3,167.90 (up 0.20 pts) -Taipei:Weighted index 5,606.06 (up 62.45 pts) -Tokyo:Nikkei 225 index 10,334.22 (up 42.16 pts) -Gold:365.50-366 usd (Hong Kong) -Dollar/yen:118.07 -Euro/dollar:1.1082 -Japanese govt bond 252: yielding 1.370 pct -Japanese govt bond 251: yielding 1.345 pct