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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           August 01     DAY'S CHANGE      2008           2008
               CLOSE      IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      11292.12     -85.90       13058.20      10962.54
             (1300 EDT)                  (May 02)     (Jul 15)
LONDON          5354.7      -57.2         6479.4        5171.9
                                         (Jan 03)     (Jul 15)
TOKYO         13094.59    -282.22       14691.41      11787.51
                                         (Jan 04)     (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT      6396.46     -83.10        7949.11       6081.70
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 15)
PARIS          4314.34     -78.02        5550.36       4061.15
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 15)
SYDNEY          4904.0      -73.4         6353.2        4815.7
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 15)
HONG KONG      22862.6     +131.5       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                   1.5560                  (1.5590)
Dollar/Yen                    107.60                  (107.97)
Pound/Dollar                  1.9737                  (1.9818)
Gold (ounce)                  911.50                  (917.50)
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