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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            OCTOBER 25   DAY'S CHANGE    2005 YEAR    2005 YEAR
              CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      10366.43     -18.57       10940.55       10012.36
             (1300 EST)                  (Mar 04)      (Apr 20)
LONDON          5182.1      -25.5         5501.5         4783.6
                                         (Oct 03)      (Jan 12)
TOKYO         13280.62    +174.44       13738.84       10825.39
                                          (Oct 4)      (May 17)
FRANKFURT      4872.97     -28.82        5138.02        4178.10
                                         (Oct 04)      (Apr 28)
PARIS          4396.99     -24.98        4650.24        3816.14
                                         (Oct 04)      (Jan 12)
SYDNEY          4390.8      +33.8         4671.7        3947.10
                                         (Sep 29)       (May 4)
HONG KONG     14424.88     +22.53       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                    1.2100                  (1.1992)
Dollar/Yen                     114.88                  (115.36)
Pound/Dollar                   1.7850                  (1.7694)
Gold (ounce)                   473.10                  (466.70)
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