The latest close of key indices on major world stock exchanges and the London closing values of the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound and gold bullion (previous day's closes in brackets).

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              April 23   DAY'S CHANGE
                CLOSE      IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK      10447.71      -13.49     10737.70        7524.06
             (1300 EDT)              (Feb 11/04)   (Mar 11/03)
LONDON          4570.0        -1.8       4571.8         3287.0
                                     (Apr 22/04)   (Mar 12/03)
TOKYO         12120.66     +140.56     12127.82        7607.88
                                     (Apr 13/04)   (Apr 28/03)
FRANKFURT      4103.62      +44.47      4151.83        2202.96
                                     (Jan 23/04)   (Mar 12/03)
PARIS          3811.43      +25.88      3785.55        2403.04
                                     (Apr 22/04)   (Mar 12/03)
SYDNEY          3457.0       +21.1       3458.5         2700.4
                                     (Apr 07/04)   (Mar 13/03)
HONG KONG     12383.94     +216.24     13928.38        8409.01
                                     (Feb 18/04)   (Apr 25/03)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.1828                 (1.1866)
Dollar/Yen                     109.22                 (109.79)
Pound/Dollar                   1.7730                 (1.7676)
Gold (ounce)                   394.30                 (392.28)
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