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 06   DAY'S CHANGE    2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       8788.98     -350.29       13058.20      8175.77
             (1300 EDT)                   (May 02)    (Oct 27)
LONDON         4272.41     -258.32         6479.4      3852.59
                                          (Jan 03)    (Oct 27)
TOKYO          8899.14      -622.1       14691.41      7162.90
                                          (Jan 04)    (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      4813.57     -353.30        7949.11      4295.67
                                          (Jan 02)    (Oct 24)
PARIS          3387.25     -230.86        5550.36      3067.35
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 27)
SYDNEY          4149.7      -186.9        6353.2        3794.6
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 28)
HONG KONG     13790.04    -1050.12      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                    1.2742                 (1.3002)
Dollar/Yen                      98.00                  (99.05)
Pound/Dollar                   1.5804                 (1.6033)
Gold (ounce)                   733.05                 (742.00)
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