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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          January 02    DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK       13065.1     -199.56     14164.53       12133.40
             (1300 EDT)              (Oct 09/07)   (Mar 14/07)
LONDON          6416.7      -40.2        6732.4         5858.9
                                     (Jun 15/07)   (Aug 16/07)
TOKYO            MARKET HOLIDAY        18261.98       14837.66
                                     (Jul 09/07)   (Nov 21/07)
FRANKFURT      7949.11    -118.21       8105.69        6447.70
                                     (Jul 16/07)   (Mar 14/07)
PARIS          5550.36     -63.72       6168.15        5265.47
                                     (Jun 01/07)   (Aug 16/07)
SYDNEY         6353.2      +13.4        6828.7          5653.6
                                     (Nov 01/07)   (Mar 05/07)
HONG KONG    27560.52    -252.13      31638.22        18664.88
                                     (Oct 30/07)   (Mar 05/07)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                     1.4732                (1.4588)
Dollar/Yen                      109.37                (111.78)
Pound/Dollar                    1.9804                (1.9828)
Gold (ounce)                    856.85                (833.00)
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