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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               March 31   DAY'S CHANGE  2004 YEAR    2004 YEAR
                CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      10517.89      -23.04     10940.55        9757.81
             (1200 EST)              (Mar 04/05)   (Oct 22/04)
LONDON          4894.4        -6.3       5060.8         4301.5
                                     (Feb 21/05)   (Aug 13/04)
TOKYO         11668.95     +103.07     12163.89       10365.40
                                     (Apr 26/04)   (Feb 10/04)
FRANKFURT      4348.77       +1.25      4428.09        3646.99
                                     (Mar 07/05)   (Aug 13/04)
PARIS          4067.78       +3.17      4108.00        3484.84
                                     (Mar 07/05)   (Aug 13/04)
SYDNEY          4109.8       +14.6       4266.4         3262.0
                                     (Mar 21/05)   (Feb 05/04)
HONG KONG     13516.88      +91.13     14266.38       10967.65
                                     (Dec 29/04)   (May 17/04)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.2970                 (1.2945)
Dollar/Yen                     107.21                 (107.34)
Pound/Dollar                   1.8887                 (1.8810)
Gold (ounce)                   427.95                 (427.55)
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