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 17  DAY'S CHANGE
               CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK      12997.87    +156.09      14000.41       12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                 (Jul 19)      (Mar 14)
LONDON          6064.2     +205.3        6732.4         5858.9
                                        (Jun 15)      (Aug 16)
TOKYO         15273.68    -874.81      18261.98       15273.68
                                        (Jul 09)      (Aug 17)
FRANKFURT      7378.29    +108.22       8105.69        6447.70
                                        (Jul 16)      (Mar 14)
PARIS          5363.63     +98.16       6168.15        5265.47
                                        (Jun 01)      (Aug 16)
SYDNEY          5671.0      -40.5        6422.3         5653.6
                                        (Jul 24)      (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     20387.13    -285.26      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                    1.3494                 (1.3400)
Dollar/Yen                     114.36                 (112.14)
Pound/Dollar                   1.9808                 (1.9776)
Gold (ounce)                   657.60                 (644.75)
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