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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          April 08      DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      12579.78     -32.65       14164.53      11740.15
             (1300 EDT)               (Oct 09/07)  (Mar 10/08)
LONDON          5990.2      -24.6         6732.4        5414.4
                                      (Jun 15/07)  (Mar 17/08)
TOKYO         13250.43    -199.80       18261.98      11787.51
                                      (Jul 09/07)  (Mar 17/08)
FRANKFURT      6771.98     -49.05        8105.69       6182.30
                                      (Jul 16/07)  (Mar 17/08)
PARIS          4912.69     -31.91        6168.15       4431.04
                                      (Jun 01/07)  (Mar 17/08)
SYDNEY          5571.5      -53.5         6828.7        5086.1
                                      (Nov 01/07)  (Mar 18/08)
HONG KONG     24311.69    -267.07       31638.22      18664.88
                                      (Oct 30/07)  (Mar 05/07)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.5705                 (1.5695)
Dollar/Yen                     102.53                 (102.72)
Pound/Dollar                   1.9678                 (1.9852)
Gold (ounce)                   913.50                 (926.50)
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