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 26      DAY'S CHANGE     2008           2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS       HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK          MARKET HOLIDAY        13058.20      11740.15
                                         (May 02)     (Mar 10)
LONDON            MARKET HOLIDAY          6479.4        5414.4
                                         (Jan 03)     (Mar 17)
TOKYO         13690.19    -322.01       14691.41      11787.51
                                         (Jan 04)     (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT      6953.84      +9.79        7949.11       6182.30
                                         (Jan 02)     (Mar 17)
PARIS          4937.84      +4.07        5550.36       4431.04
                                         (Jan 02)     (Mar 17)
SYDNEY          5707.0      -61.0         6353.2        5086.1
                                         (Jan 02)     (Mar 18)
HONG KONG     24127.31    -586.76       27560.52      21084.61
                                         (Jan 02)     (Mar 17)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                  1.5775                   (1.5791)
Dollar/Yen                   103.43                   (103.11)
Pound/Dollar                 1.9825                   (1.9812)
Gold (ounce)                 927.50                   (925.60)
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