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 30     DAY'S CHANGE      2008           2008
               CLOSE      IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      12655.99       +9.61       13058.20     11740.15
                                          (May 02)    (Mar 10)
LONDON          6053.5       -14.6         6479.4       5414.4
                                          (Jan 03)    (Mar 17)
TOKYO         14338.54     +214.07       14691.41     11787.51
                                          (Jan 04)    (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT      7096.79      +41.76        7949.11      6182.30
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 17)
PARIS          5014.28      +38.38        5550.36      4431.04
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 17)
SYDNEY          5654.7       -54.7         6353.2       5086.1
                                          (Jan 02)    (Mar 18)
HONG KONG     24533.12     +149.13       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                   1.5545                  (1.5506)
Dollar/Yen                    105.51                  (105.65)
Pound/Dollar                  1.9785                  (1.9745)
Gold (ounce)                  885.00                  (876.70)
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