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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          February 01    DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      12638.49     -11.87       14164.53      11971.19
                                      (Oct 09/07)  (Jan 22/08)
LONDON          6029.2     +149.4         6732.4        5578.2
                                      (Jun 15/07)  (Jan 21/08)
TOKYO         13497.16     -95.31       18261.98      12573.05
                                      (Jul 09/07)  (Jan 22/08)
FRANKFURT      6968.67    +116.92        8105.69       6439.21
                                      (Jul 16/07)  (Jan 23/08)
PARIS          4978.06    +108.27        6168.15       4636.76
                                      (Jun 01/07)  (Jan 23/08)
SYDNEY          5842.9     +192.6         6828.7        5186.8
                                      (Nov 01/07)  (Jan 22/08)
HONG KONG     24123.58    +667.84       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                     1.4812                (1.4848)
Dollar/Yen                      106.14                (106.45)
Pound/Dollar                    1.9677                (1.9890)
Gold (ounce)                    910.35                (925.65)
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