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 04   DAY'S CHANGE    2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK        9565.23    +245.4       13058.20       8175.77
             (1300 EDT)                  (May 02)     (Oct 27)
LONDON          4639.5    +196.22         6479.4       3852.59
                                         (Jan 03)     (Oct 27)
TOKYO          9114.60    +537.62       14691.41       7162.90
                                         (Jan 04)     (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      5278.04     +251.2        7949.11       4295.67
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 24)
PARIS          3691.09    +163.12        5550.36       3067.35
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 27)
SYDNEY          4215.1       -6.4         6353.2        3794.6
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 28)
HONG KONG     14384.34     +39.97       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                 1.2993                    (1.2647)
Dollar/Yen                  100.22                     (98.94)
Pound/Dollar                1.6030                    (1.5826)
Gold (ounce)                760.80                    (728.55)
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