13 global indices soar to lifetime highs in Feb

Country

Indices

Date

Value

India

BSE Sensex

14-Feb-05

6679.33

Argentina

MerVal

14-Feb-05

1,517.93

Australia

All Ordinaries

7-Feb-05

4,182.90

Austria

ATX

16-Feb-05

2,636.88

Czech Republic

PX50

16-Feb-05

1,148.60

Egypt

CMA

16-Feb-05

1,464.81

Indonesia

Jakarta Composite

16-Feb-05

1,073.44

Isarel

TA-100

3-Feb-05

676

Mexico

IPC

11-Feb-05

13,714.63

New Zealand

NZSE 50

14-Feb-05

3,184.94

Norway

OSE All Share

15-Feb-05

270.59

Thailand

SET

16-Feb-05

739.37

Turkey

ISE National-100

8-Feb-05

28,269.69

United States

NYSE Composite

16-Feb-05

7,306.76

 The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark 30-scrip Sensex scaled an all-time high of 6719.00 on February 14, 2005.  The S&P CNX Nifty crossed its life time high of 2,110 on February 14, 2005. Among other Asian indices at all time highs, Indonesia