Polish substitute Ebi Smolarek had two decent efforts for his side in the closing stages but neither were on target, before Tomasz Zahorski missed a gilt-edged chance in the 88th minute when, after going clean through, he was denied by the feet of Runje as Croatia held on for the win.

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But Asian stock markets have been rallying so strongly that the STI pierced that target Nov. 4, closing at 1, 301 points.

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