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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          September 27  DAY'S CHANGE
               CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK      13886.36      +8.21      14000.41       12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                 (Jul 19)      (Mar 14)
LONDON          6486.4      +53.4        6732.4         5858.9
                                        (Jun 15)      (Aug 16)
TOKYO         16832.22    +396.48      18261.98       15273.68
                                        (Jul 09)      (Aug 17)
FRANKFURT      7853.79     +49.64       8105.69        6447.70
                                        (Jul 16)      (Mar 14)
PARIS          5733.37     +42.60       6168.15        5265.47
                                        (Jun 01)      (Aug 16)
SYDNEY          6538.1      +56.7        6538.1         5653.6
                                        (Sep 27)      (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     27065.15    +634.86      27065.15       18664.88
                                        (Sep 27)      (Mar 05)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.4149                 (1.4121)
Dollar/Yen                     115.73                 (115.64)
Pound/Dollar                   2.0247                 (2.0150)
Gold (ounce)                   732.10                 (727.55)
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