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At the top: Asia's top companies by market cap

Business Asia, Feb, 2003

AT THE TOP

Asia's top companies by market cap

AUSTRALIA

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

Telstra Corp              Telecoms                33,990.02    2
News Corp                 Multimedia              31,816.73    1
National Australia Bank   Finance                 28,582.38    3
BHP Billiton              Minerals                22,553.73    4
Commonwealth Bank         Finance                 19,067.56    5
Australia and NZ Bank     Finance                 15,414.69    6
Westpac Banking           Finance                 14,696.35    7
Rio Tinto                 Metals, diversified     10,027.85    8

CHINA

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

PetroChina Co             Oil                     37,194.05    1
China Petroleum           Oil                     32,665.43    2
China Telecom             Telecommunications      14,638.32    3
Huaneng Power             Electricity             7971.41      4
China United              Telecommunications      7686.45      5
Baoshan Iron And Steel    Steel                   7120.00      6
China Merchants Bank      Finance                 6784.56      7
Jiangsu Express           Public thouroughfares   5930.26      8

HONG KONG

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

China Mobile              Telecoms                47,470.68    1
Hutchison Whampoa         Diversified             27,190.14    2
Hang Seng Bank            Finance                 20,344.23    3
Cheung Kong               Real Estate             15,144.35    4
The Nippon Fund           Investment fund         14,707.87    6
Sun Hung Kai Properties   Real Estate             13,820.79    5
BOC Hong Kong             Finance                 10,911.79    7
CNOOC Ltd                 Oil                     10,641.45    8

INDIA

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

Oil and Natural Gas
  Corp                    Oil                     11,064.08    2
Infosys Tech              Software                8602.96      1
Reliance Industries       Petrochemicals          8064.08      3
Hindustan Lever           Soap and Cleaning       7886.92      5
Wipro Ltd                 Software                6834.08      4
Indian Oil Corp           Oil                     3931.25      6
State Bank of India       Finance                 3684.10      8
ITC Ltd                   Tobacco                 3311.21      7

INDONESIA

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

Telekomunikasi
  Indonesia               Telecoms                3931.20      1
PT Bank Negara            Finance                 2133.75      2
Unilever Indonesia        Soap and Cleaning       1668.794     5
Gudang Garam              Tobacco                 1605.71      3
PT Bank Central Asia      Finance                 1528.52      6
HM Sampoerna              Tobacco                 1509.30      4
Astra Intl                Automotive               949.96      --
Indosat                   Telecoms                 856.68      --

JAPAN

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

NTT DoCoMo                Telecoms                98,352.80    1
Toyota Motor              Automotive              87,114.73    2
NTT Cord                  Telecoms                54,697.65    3
Sony Corp                 Audiovisual             39,456.61    4
Nissan Motor              Automotive              34,556.66    7
Takeda Chemical           Medical                 33,828.98    5
Honda Motor               Automotive              32,961.71    6
Canon Inc                 Office equipment        31,121.42    8

MALAYSIA

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

Tenaga Nasional           Electricity             7819.48      1
Malayan Banking           Finance                 7534.58      2
Telekom Malaysia          Telecoms                6500.62      3
Petronas Gas              Gas                     3826.78      6
Malaysia Intl             Transport               3670.40      4
Maxis Comm                Telecoms                3611.34      5
Public Bank BHD           Finance                 3278.12      8
Sime Darby                Diversified             3213.35      7

PHILIPPINES

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

San Miguel                Beverages               3147.46      1
Globe Telecom             Telecoms                1495.06      4
Bank of Philippine
  Islands                 Finance                 1269.54      2
Ayala Corp                Diversified             1146.44      3
Ayala Land                Real Estate              977.56      5
SM Prime                  Real Estate              958.64      7
Philippine Long
  Distance                Telecoms                945.92       8
Metro Bank                Finance                 940.45       6

SINGAPORE

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

SingTel                   Telecoms                13,815.02    1
United O/S Bank           Finance                 9586.77      2
DBS Group                 Finance                 8614.06      3
Singapore Airlines        Airlines                6758.52      4
OCBC Bank                 Finance                 6751.12      5
Flextronics Intl          Electronics             4176.44      6
Singapore Press Hldgs     Publishing              3854.37      7
Singapore Tech Eng        Engineering             2868.56      8

SOUTH KOREA

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

Samsung Electromcs        Etectronics             38,167.78    1
SK Telecom                Telecoms                12,965.96    2
KT Corp                   Telecoms                12,138.37    3
Kookmin Bank              Finance                 11,571.12    5
Korea Electric            Electricity             10,638.48    4
Posco                     Steel                   9677.34      6
LG Electronics            Electronics             4697.14      8
Hyundai Motor             Automotive              4644.68      7

TAIWAN

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

Taiwan Semiconductor      Electronics             27,003.19    1
Chunghwa Telecom          Telecoms                15,833.70    3
Cathay Financial          Holding co              11,074.74    5
United Micro              Electronics             10,058.65    2
Advanced Semiconductor    Electronics             8715.71      --
Fubon Financial           Finance                 7628.12      --
Hon Hai Precision         Electronics             7075.03      4
Nan Ya Plastic            Chemicals               6906.77      7

THAILAND

                                                               Rank
                          Industry                Market Cap   last
                                                  (US$) *      month *

Siam Cement               Building materials      3928.91      1
PTT Pcl                   Oil                     2812.95      3
Advanced Info             Telecoms                2419.52      2
Bangkok Bank              Finance                 2280.68      4
Krung Thai Bank           Finance                 2065.44      5
PTT Expl                  Oil                     1966.98      6
Thai Farmers Bank         Finance                 1925.61      7
Siam Commercial Bank      Finance                 1507.97      --

All figures of 3 February 2003. Source: Bloomberg
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