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 13      DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK       12803.77     -72.54       13058.20     11740.15
              (1300 EDT)                  (May 02)    (Mar 10)
LONDON           6211.9       -8.7         6479.4       5414.4
                                          (Jan 03)    (Mar 17)
TOKYO          13953.73    +210.37       14691.41     11787.51
                                          (Jan 04)    (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT       7060.19     +24.24        7949.11      6182.30
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 17)
PARIS           4998.67     +22.46        5550.36      4431.04
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 17)
SYDNEY           5812.7      -15.8         6353.2       5086.1
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 18)
HONG KONG      25552.77    +489.60       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                 1.5492                    (1.5543)
Dollar/Yen                  104.72                    (103.81)
Pound/Dollar                1.9478                    (1.9599)
Gold (ounce)                868.60                    (883.85)
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