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 25   DAY'S CHANGE   2005 YEAR   2005 YEAR
                CLOSE       IN POINTS       HIGH           LOW
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NEW YORK      10441.72       +6.85       10940.55     10012.36
             (1300 EST)                   (Mar 04)    (Apr 20)
LONDON          5255.7       -19.5         5377.5       4783.6
                                          (Aug 10)    (Jan 12)
TOKYO         12405.16      -97.10       12502.26     10825.39
                                          (Aug 24)    (May 17)
FRANKFURT      4856.01      -59.94        4953.93      4178.10
                                          (Aug 11)    (Apr 28)
PARIS          4378.51      -45.92        4527.11      3816.14
                                          (Aug 10)    (Jan 12)
SYDNEY          4424.5       -21.9         4499.3      3947.10
                                          (Aug 22)     (May 4)
HONG KONG     14889.10      +15.25       15466.06     13355.23
                                          (Aug 15)    (Apr 18)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.2300                 (1.2261)
Dollar/Yen                     109.97                 (110.18)
Pound/Dollar                   1.8036                 (1.7995)
Gold (ounce)                   437.90                 (437.05)
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