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 04    DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      12676.70     -66.49       14164.53      11971.19
                                      (Oct 09/07)  (Jan 22/08)
LONDON          6026.2       -3.0         6732.4        5578.2
                                      (Jun 15/07)  (Jan 21/08)
TOKYO          13859.7     +362.54      18261.98      12573.05
                                      (Jul 09/07)  (Jan 22/08)
FRANKFURT      7000.49     +31.82        8105.69       6439.21
                                      (Jul 16/07)  (Jan 23/08)
PARIS          4973.64      -4.42        6168.15       4636.76
                                      (Jun 01/07)  (Jan 23/08)
SYDNEY          5867.4      +24.5         6828.7        5186.8
                                      (Nov 01/07)  (Jan 22/08)
HONG KONG     25032.08     +908.5       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                     1.4837                (1.4812)
Dollar/Yen                      106.72                (106.14)
Pound/Dollar                    1.9758                (1.9677)
Gold (ounce)                    898.85                (910.35)
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