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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             July 04     DAY'S CHANGE      2008           2008
               CLOSE      IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK          MARKET HOLIDAY        13058.20      11215.51
                                         (May 02)     (Jul 02)
LONDON          5412.8      -63.8         6479.4        5412.8
                                         (Jan 03)     (Jul 04)
TOKYO         13237.89     -27.51       14691.41      11787.51
                                         (Jan 04)     (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT      6272.21     -81.53        7949.11       6182.30
                                         (Jan 02)     (Mar 17)
PARIS          4266.00     -77.99        5550.36       4266.00
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 04)
SYDNEY          5082.1      +83.8         6353.2        4998.3
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 03)
HONG KONG     21423.82    +181.04       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                 1.5695                    (1.5695)
Dollar/Yen                  106.76                    (106.75)
Pound/Dollar                1.9812                    (1.9817)
Gold (ounce)                933.40                    (932.00)
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