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 08  DAY'S CHANGE
               CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK      13593.23     +88.93      14000.41       12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                 (Jul 19)      (Mar 14)
LONDON          6393.9      +85.1        6732.4         6058.7
                                        (Jun 15)      (Mar 05)
TOKYO         17029.28    +107.51      18261.98       16642.25
                                        (Jul 09)      (Mar 05)
FRANKFURT      7605.94     +92.28       8105.69        6447.70
                                        (Jul 16)      (Mar 14)
PARIS          5749.29    +128.89       6168.15        5296.22
                                        (Jun 01)      (Mar 14)
SYDNEY          6100.8     +115.8        6422.3         5653.6
                                        (Jul 24)      (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     22536.67    +628.68      23472.88       18664.88
                                        (Jul 24)      (Mar 05)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.3802                 (1.3742)
Dollar/Yen                     119.74                 (118.50)
Pound/Dollar                   2.0358                 (2.0226)
Gold (ounce)                   675.15                 (671.05)
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