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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            November 03   DAY'S CHANGE    2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       8325.03     +149.26     13058.20        8175.77
             (1400 EDT)                 (May 02)      (Oct 27)
LONDON         3926.38      +73.79       6479.4        3852.59
                                        (Jan 03)      (Oct 27)
TOKYO          7621.92     +459.02     14691.41        7162.90
                                        (Jan 04)      (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      4823.45     +488.81      7949.11        4295.67
                                        (Jan 02)      (Oct 24)
PARIS          3114.92      +47.57      5550.36        3067.35
                                        (Jan 02)      (Oct 27)
SYDNEY          3794.6       -14.6       6353.2         3794.6
                                        (Jan 02)      (Oct 28)
HONG KONG     12596.29    +1580.45     27560.52       11015.84
                                        (Jan 02)      (Oct 27)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.2470                 (1.2571)
Dollar/Yen                      96.44                  (93.86)
Pound/Dollar                   1.5587                 (1.5663)
Gold (ounce)                   735.40                 (743.80)
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