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 15      DAY'S CHANGE
             CLOSE        IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      12936.15     +37.77      13058.20       11740.15
             (1300 EDT)                 (May 02)      (Mar 10)
LONDON          6251.8      +35.8        6479.4         5414.4
                                        (Jan 03)      (Mar 17)
TOKYO         14251.74    +133.19      14691.41       11787.51
                                       (Jan 04)       (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT      7081.05      -2.19      7949.11         6182.30
                                       (Jan 02)       (Mar 17)
PARIS          5057.51      +2.27      5550.36         4431.04
                                       (Jan 02)       (Mar 17)
SYDNEY          5890.7      +18.0       6353.2          5086.1
                                       (Jan 02)       (Mar 18)
HONG KONG     25513.71     -19.77     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                     1.5433                (1.5472)
Dollar/Yen                      104.94                (105.24)
Pound/Dollar                    1.9443                (1.9452)
Gold (ounce)                    880.75                (867.00)
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