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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              August 24   DAY'S CHANGE  2004 YEAR    2004 YEAR
                CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      10087.20      +14.15     10737.70        9814.66
             (1300 EDT)                 (Feb 11)      (Aug 09)
LONDON          4407.5        +2.2       4575.7         4301.5
                                        (Apr 27)      (Aug 13)
TOKYO         10985.33      +24.36     12163.89       10365.40
                                        (Apr 26)      (Feb 10)
FRANKFURT       3771.0       -1.14      4151.83        3646.99
                                        (Jan 23)      (Aug 13)
PARIS          3594.38       +4.69      3811.43        3484.84
                                        (Apr 23)      (Aug 13)
SYDNEY          3526.3        +2.3       3568.7         3262.0
                                        (Jul 08)      (Feb 05)
HONG KONG     12646.49     +214.72     13928.38       10967.65
                                        (Feb 18)      (May 17)
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