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 14  DAY'S CHANGE
               CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK      13135.90    -100.63      14000.41       12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                 (Jul 19)      (Mar 14)
LONDON          6143.5      -75.5        6732.4         6038.3
                                        (Jun 15)      (Aug 10)
TOKYO         16844.61     +44.56      18261.98       16642.25
                                        (Jul 09)      (Mar 05)
FRANKFURT      7425.66     -49.26       8105.69        6447.70
                                        (Jul 16)      (Mar 14)
PARIS          5478.66     -90.62       6168.15        5296.22
                                        (Jun 01)      (Mar 14)
SYDNEY          5964.8      -46.8        6422.3         5653.6
                                        (Jul 24)      (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     22007.32    +116.22      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                    1.3575                 (1.3621)
Dollar/Yen                     118.02                 (118.37)
Pound/Dollar                   1.9999                 (2.0113)
Gold (ounce)                   669.50                 (670.40)
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