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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            November 02   DAY'S CHANGE  2004 YEAR    2004 YEAR
                CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      10121.20      +66.81     10737.70        9757.81
             (1300 EST)                 (Feb 11)      (Oct 22)
LONDON          4693.2       +19.4       4707.1         4301.5
                                        (Oct 05)      (Aug 13)
TOKYO         10887.81     +153.10     12163.89       10365.40
                                        (Apr 26)      (Feb 10)
FRANKFURT      4037.57      +24.93      4151.83        3646.99
                                        (Jan 23)      (Aug 13)
PARIS          3765.84      +31.77      3811.43        3484.84
                                        (Apr 23)      (Aug 13)
SYDNEY          3798.6        +7.4       3798.6         3262.0
                                        (Nov 02)      (Feb 05)
HONG KONG     13308.74     +214.49     13928.38       10967.65
                                        (Feb 18)      (May 17)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                               1.2700      (1.2747)
Dollar/Yen                                106.32      (106.44)
Pound/Dollar                              1.8385      (1.8326)
Gold (ounce)                              418.45      (427.13)
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