Accuma Group, a British company that helps people with personal debt and advises how to avoid bankruptcy, plans to list its shares in London next month. Accuma said it was looking to raise 2.5 million

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Australian share prices closed 0.11 percent higher on Monday as unexpectedly strong profit reports continued to fuel a buoyant market, dealers said. They said shares continued to gain despite some clouds on the horizon, including

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Indian shares fell three-quarters of a percent on Monday, with investors edgy ahead of the annual budget next week, while the rupee was reined in by the central bank amid a widening trade deficit. "The

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Indonesian share prices closed 0.12 percent higher on Monday to another record on the back of expectations for positive earnings at companies yet to release their 2004 results, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite

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Thai share prices closed 1.57 percent lower on Monday on profit-taking with the market concerned over higher domestic diesel prices as part of a cut in fuel subsidies, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand

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Chinese shares leapt 2 percent on Monday as new rules unveiled to protect investors and widen the scope of income for commercial banks triggered buying interest in mining and financial blue chips. The benchmark Shanghai

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Seoul stocks rose almost half a percent on Monday to their highest close in over five years, led by surging LG Group affiliates after Sovereign Asset Management said it had invested $975 million in LG

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Sri Lankan stocks rose to a new record closing high on Monday as investors bought heavily into bourse heavyweight John Keells Ltd, expecting the bourse heavyweight to post upbeat quarterly earnings, brokers said. The key

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Singapore shares prices closed 0.11 percent lower on Monday in thin trade led by extended losses in blue chip bank DBS, dealers said. They said investors had been disappointed by DBS' earnings announced last Friday,

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Japanese stocks closed virtually unchanged on Monday as drops in several tech shares cancelled out gains in drug makers following reports that Sankyo Co and Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co plan to merge. Sankyo rallied 4.9 percent

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