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 09    DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      12593.62      +4.55     14164.53        12133.40
             (1300 EDT)             (Oct 09/07)    (Mar 14/07)
LONDON          6272.7      -83.8       6732.4          5858.9
                                    (Jun 15/07)    (Aug 16/07)
TOKYO         14599.16     +70.49     18261.98        14500.55
                                    (Jul 09/07)    (Jan 07/08)
FRANKFURT      7782.71     -67.28      8105.69         6447.70
                                    (Jul 16/07)    (Mar 14/07)
PARIS          5435.42     -60.25      6168.15         5265.47
                                    (Jun 01/07)    (Aug 16/07)
SYDNEY          6087.7      -40.4       6828.7          5653.6
                                    (Nov 01/07)    (Mar 05/07)
HONG KONG     27615.85    +502.95     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                    1.4670                 (1.4717)
Dollar/Yen                     109.49                 (109.28)
Pound/Dollar                   1.9566                 (1.9736)
Gold (ounce)                   879.75                 (880.40)
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