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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          October 18    DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      13857.18     -35.36        14164.53     12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                   (Oct 09)    (Mar 14)
LONDON          6609.4      -68.3          6732.4       5858.9
                                          (Jun 15)    (Aug 16)
TOKYO         17106.09    +150.78        18261.98     15273.68
                                          (Jul 09)    (Aug 17)
FRANKFURT       7921.4      -64.01        8105.69      6447.70
                                          (Jul 16)    (Mar 14)
PARIS          5767.24     -51.56         6168.15      5265.47
                                          (Jun 01)    (Aug 16)
SYDNEY          6767.7      +87.6          6771.9       5653.6
                                          (Oct 11)    (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     29465.05    +166.34        29540.78     18664.88
                                          (Oct 15)    (Mar 05)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.4282                 (1.4194)
Dollar/Yen                     115.69                 (116.42)
Pound/Dollar                   2.0448                 (2.0374)
Gold (ounce)                   763.25                 (757.25)
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