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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             SEPTEMBER 27  DAY'S CHANGE   2005 YEAR  2005 YEAR
                CLOSE       IN POINTS       HIGH           LOW
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NEW YORK      10432.72      -10.91       10940.55     10012.36
             (1300 EST)                   (Mar 04)    (Apr 20)
LONDON          5447.3        -5.8         5453.1       4783.6
                                          (Sep 26)    (Jan 12)
TOKYO         13310.04      -82.59       13392.63     10825.39
                                         (Sept 26)    (May 17)
FRANKFURT      4965.88      -32.28        5005.93      4178.10
                                          (Sep 09)    (Apr 28)
PARIS           4546.8      -20.12        4566.92      3816.14
                                          (Sep 26)    (Jan 12)
SYDNEY          4629.2       +10.3         4629.2      3947.10
                                          (Sep 27)     (May 4)
HONG KONG     15189.88      -84.43       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                    1.1994                 (1.2053)
Dollar/Yen                     113.41                 (112.33)
Pound/Dollar                   1.7663                 (1.7770)
Gold (ounce)                   460.40                 (466.25)
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