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 21      DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      12794.24     -55.12       14164.53      11740.15
             (1300 EDT)               (Oct 09/07)  (Mar 10/08)
LONDON          6053.0       -3.5         6732.4        5414.4
                                      (Jun 15/07)  (Mar 17/08)
TOKYO         13696.55    +220.10       18261.98      11787.51
                                      (Jul 09/07)  (Mar 17/08)
FRANKFURT      6786.55     -56.53        8105.69       6182.30
                                      (Jul 16/07)  (Mar 17/08)
PARIS          4910.35     -51.34        6168.15       4431.04
                                      (Jun 01/07)  (Mar 17/08)
SYDNEY          5600.3     +170.6         6828.7        5086.1
                                      (Nov 01/07)  (Mar 18/08)
HONG KONG     24721.67    +523.89       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                    1.5885                 (1.5748)
Dollar/Yen                     103.32                 (104.46)
Pound/Dollar                   1.9805                 (1.9937)
Gold (ounce)                   915.20                 (913.75)
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