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 25  DAY'S CHANGE
               CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK      13640.22     -35.03      14164.53       12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                 (Oct 09)      (Mar 14)
LONDON          6576.3      +94.3        6732.4         5858.9
                                        (Jun 15)      (Aug 16)
TOKYO         16284.17     -74.22      18261.98       15273.68
                                        (Jul 09)      (Aug 17)
FRANKFURT      7932.44    +103.48       8105.69        6447.70
                                        (Jul 16)      (Mar 14)
PARIS          5760.30     +85.63       6168.15        5265.47
                                        (Jun 01)      (Aug 16)
SYDNEY          6624.3      -10.1        6771.9         5653.6
                                        (Oct 11)      (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     29854.49    +520.96      29854.49       18664.88
                                        (Oct 25)      (Mar 05)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.4305                 (1.4235)
Dollar/Yen                     114.04                 (114.00)
Pound/Dollar                   2.0503                 (2.0473)
Gold (ounce)                   767.75                 (761.70)
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