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 31    DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      13882.29      +89.90       14164.53     12133.40
             (1300 EDT)                   (Oct 09)    (Mar 14)
LONDON         6721.6       +62.6          6732.4       5858.9
                                          (Jun 15)    (Aug 16)
TOKYO         16737.63      +86.62       18261.98     15273.68
                                          (Jul 09)    (Aug 17)
FRANKFURT      8019.22      +41.28        8105.69      6447.70
                                          (Jul 16)    (Mar 14)
PARIS          5847.95      +44.02        6168.15      5265.47
                                          (Jun 01)    (Aug 16)
SYDNEY          6754.1        +3.9         6792.1       5653.6
                                          (Oct 29)    (Mar 05)
HONG KONG     31352.58     -285.64       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                    1.4421                 (1.4393)
Dollar/Yen                     114.70                 (114.20)
Pound/Dollar                   2.0622                 (2.0509)
Gold (ounce)                   789.10                 (781.15)
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