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 30    DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      13842.19       -26.74      14164.53     12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                   (Oct 09)    (Mar 14)
LONDON          6659.0        -47.0        6732.4       5858.9
                                          (Jun 15)    (Aug 16)
TOKYO         16651.01       -47.07      18261.98     15273.68
                                          (Jul 09)    (Aug 17)
FRANKFURT      7977.94       -31.73       8105.69      6447.70
                                          (Jul 16)    (Mar 14)
PARIS          5803.93       -32.26       6168.15      5265.47
                                          (Jun 01)    (Aug 16)
SYDNEY          6750.2        -41.9        6792.1       5653.6
                                          (Oct 29)    (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     31638.22       +51.32      31638.22     18664.88
                                          (Oct 30)    (Mar 05)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.4431                 (1.4421)
Dollar/Yen                     114.90                 (114.70)
Pound/Dollar                   2.0675                 (2.0622)
Gold (ounce)                   784.80                 (789.10)
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