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 08     DAY'S CHANGE      2008           2008
               CLOSE      IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      11279.42     +47.46       13058.20      11215.51
                                         (May 02)     (Jul 02)
LONDON          5440.5      -72.2         6479.4        5412.8
                                         (Jan 03)     (Jul 04)
TOKYO         13033.10    -326.94       14691.41      11787.51
                                         (Jan 04)     (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT      6304.41     -91.34        7949.11       6182.30
                                         (Jan 02)     (Mar 17)
PARIS          4275.61     -66.98        5550.36       4266.00
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 04)
SYDNEY          4932.9      -69.6         6353.2        4932.9
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 08)
HONG KONG     21220.81    -692.25       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                1.5658                     (1.5698)
Dollar/Yen                 107.42                     (107.13)
Pound/Dollar               1.9685                     (1.9733)
Gold (ounce)               922.85                     (924.10)
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