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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          March 05      DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK       12267.61     +54.22       14164.53     11971.19
              (1300 EDT)               (Oct 09/07) (Jan 22/08)
LONDON           5853.5      +85.8         6732.4       5578.2
                                       (Jun 15/07) (Jan 21/08)
TOKYO          12972.06     -20.22       18261.98     12573.05
                                       (Jul 09/07) (Jan 22/08)
FRANKFURT       6683.71    +138.67        8105.69      6439.21
                                       (Jul 16/07) (Jan 23/08)
PARIS           4756.42     +80.51        6168.15      4636.76
                                       (Jun 01/07) (Jan 23/08)
SYDNEY           5376.6       -3.7         6828.7       5186.8
                                       (Nov 01/07) (Jan 22/08)
HONG KONG      23114.34      -5.53       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                  1.5286                   (1.5217)
Dollar/Yen                   103.88                   (102.92)
Pound/Dollar                 1.9958                   (1.9859)
Gold (ounce)                 988.55                   (967.05)
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