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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             January 18   DAY'S CHANGE  2004 YEAR    2004 YEAR
                CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      10600.71      +42.71     10854.54        9757.81
             (1300 EST)                 (Dec 28)      (Oct 22)
LONDON          4823.9       -22.8       4854.1         4301.5
                                        (Jan 07)      (Aug 13)
TOKYO         11423.26      -63.84     12163.89       10365.40
                                        (Apr 26)      (Feb 10)
FRANKFURT      4250.71       +5.20      4316.40        3646.99
                                        (Jan 07)      (Aug 13)
PARIS          3875.02       -6.42      3881.44        3484.84
                                        (Jan 17)      (Aug 13)
SYDNEY          4062.0       -14.9       4076.9         3262.0
                                        (Jan 17)      (Feb 05)
HONG KONG     13604.22      -17.43     14266.38       10967.65
                                        (Dec 29)      (May 17)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.3036                 (1.3080)
Dollar/Yen                     102.48                 (102.05)
Pound/Dollar                   1.8683                 (1.8612)
Gold (ounce)                   423.25                 (422.45)
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