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 23    DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      13578.11       +11.14      14164.53     12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                   (Oct 09)    (Mar 14)
LONDON          6514.0        +54.7        6732.4       5858.9
                                          (Jun 15)    (Aug 16)
TOKYO         16450.58       +12.11      18261.98     15273.68
                                          (Jul 09)    (Aug 17)
FRANKFURT      7842.79       +47.85       8105.69      6447.70
                                          (Jul 16)    (Mar 14)
PARIS          5705.05       +43.78       6168.15      5265.47
                                          (Jun 01)    (Aug 16)
SYDNEY          6660.9        +83.6        6771.9       5653.6
                                          (Oct 11)    (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     29376.86     +1003.23      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                    1.4246                 (1.4142)
Dollar/Yen                     114.66                 (114.35)
Pound/Dollar                   2.0494                 (2.0278)
Gold (ounce)                   758.40                 (753.30)
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