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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             July 23  DAY'S CHANGE
               CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK      13955.21    +104.13      14000.41       12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                 (Jul 19)      (Mar 14)
LONDON          6624.4      +39.2        6732.4         6058.7
                                        (Jun 15)      (Mar 05)
TOKYO         17963.64    -194.29      18261.98       16642.25
                                        (Jul 09)      (Mar 05)
FRANKFURT      7944.21     +69.36       8105.69        6447.70
                                        (Jul 16)      (Mar 14)
PARIS          6009.16     +52.00       6168.15        5296.22
                                        (Jun 01)      (Mar 14)
SYDNEY          6390.4      -31.4        6421.8         5653.6
                                        (Jul 20)      (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     23365.56     +73.66      23365.56       18664.88
                                        (Jul 23)      (Mar 05)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.3813                 (1.3813)
Dollar/Yen                     121.31                 (121.10)
Pound/Dollar                   2.0584                 (2.0546)
Gold (ounce)                   681.10                 (685.00)
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