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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             June 05     DAY'S CHANGE      2008           2008
               CLOSE      IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      12575.30    +184.82       13058.20      11740.15
                                         (May 02)     (Mar 10)
LONDON          5995.3      +25.2         6479.4        5414.4
                                         (Jan 03)     (Mar 17)
TOKYO         14341.12     -94.45       14691.41      11787.51
                                         (Jan 04)     (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT      6941.83      -23.6        7949.11       6182.30
                                         (Jan 02)     (Mar 17)
PARIS          4907.06      -8.01        5550.36       4431.04
                                         (Jan 02)     (Mar 17)
SYDNEY          5530.1      -54.4         6353.2        5086.1
                                         (Jan 02)     (Mar 18)
HONG KONG     24255.29    +132.04       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                  1.5570                   (1.5447)
Dollar/Yen                   105.88                   (104.94)
Pound/Dollar                 1.9558                   (1.9547)
Gold (ounce)                 875.50                   (881.20)
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