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).

==============================================================
             October 09   DAY'S CHANGE    2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
==============================================================
NEW YORK       9152.97    -105.13       13058.20       9258.10
             (1300 EDT)                  (May 02)     (Oct 08)
LONDON          4313.8      -52.9         6479.4        4313.8
                                         (Jan 03)     (Oct 09)
TOKYO          9157.49     -45.83       14691.41       9157.49
                                         (Jan 04)     (Oct 09)
FRANKFURT      4887.00    -126.62        7949.11       4887.00
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 09)
PARIS           3442.7     -54.19        5550.36       3442.70
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 09)
SYDNEY          4320.9      -67.2         6353.2        4320.9
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 09)
HONG KONG     15943.24    +511.51       27560.52      15431.73
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 08)
--------------------------------------------------------------
FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
--------------------------------------------------------------
Euro/Dollar                1.3627                     (1.3664)
Dollar/Yen                 100.44                     ( 99.45)
Pound/Dollar               1.7178                     (1.7285)
Gold (ounce)               887.70                     (908.35)
==============================================================