A 5.7% INCREASE IN THE HIGH-INCOME SK HERCULES STOCK MARKET IN JAPAN AND KOREA

ON 5 AUGUST, THE CLOSINGS ROSE BY 2342.91 POINTS PER DAY ON 5 AUGUST (MONDAY) BY 3.66 PER CENT, TO 66300.44 POINTS PER DAY, TO 13 PER CENT FOR SOFT SILVER AND 4.8 PER CENT FOR ZHANG. THE KOREAN KOSPI INDEX ROSE 239.3 POINTS ON 5 AUGUST (ON WEDNESDAY), BY 3.76 PER CENT AND REPORTED 6598.25 POINTS; THE KOREAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP TABLET (KOSDAQ) INCREASED BY 2.41 PER CENT, THE KK HERCULES INCREASED BY 5.77 PER CENT AND THE TRISTAR ELECTRONICS BY 2.5 PER CENT. KIM XIAN