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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        September 05     DAY'S CHANGE      2008           2008
               CLOSE      IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      11165.52     -22.71       13058.20      10962.54
                                         (May 02)     (Jul 15)
LONDON          5240.7     -121.4         6479.4        5171.9
                                         (Jan 03)     (Jul 15)
TOKYO         12212.23    -345.43       14691.41      11787.51
                                         (Jan 04)     (Mar 17)
FRANKFURT      6127.44    -152.13        7949.11       6081.70
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 15)
PARIS          4196.66    -107.35        5550.36       4061.15
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 15)
SYDNEY          4877.1     -102.4         6353.2        4815.7
                                         (Jan 02)     (Jul 15)
HONG KONG     19933.28     -456.2       27560.52      20389.48
                                         (Jan 02)     (Sep 04)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                 1.4258                    (1.4362)
Dollar/Yen                  107.15                    (107.45)
Pound/Dollar                1.7645                    (1.7726)
Gold (ounce)                797.05                    (799.15)
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