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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            May 09      DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK       12757.11    -109.67       13058.20     11740.15
              (1300 EDT)                  (May 02)    (Mar 10)
LONDON           6204.7      -66.1         6479.4       5414.4
                                          (Jan 03)    (Mar 17)
TOKYO          13655.34    -287.92       14691.41     11787.51
                                          (Jan 04)    (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT       7003.17     -68.73        7949.11      6182.30
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 17)
PARIS           4960.56     -95.02        5550.36      4431.04
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 17)
SYDNEY           5771.8      +48.6         6353.2       5086.1
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 18)
HONG KONG      25063.17    -386.62       27560.52     21084.61
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 17)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                 1.5458                    (1.5416)
Dollar/Yen                  103.36                    (103.83)
Pound/Dollar                1.9494                    (1.9572)
Gold (ounce)                884.00                    (884.60)
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